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AGES OF STOCK. 



An application having been made to the Executive committee 

 to examine the awards of the committee on Devon cattle, the 

 same was duly considered, and the annexed report of the pro- 

 ceedings of the committee, will show^ that the matters were 

 fully inquired into, and that the awards in the respective cases 

 were made in strict conformity to the regulations of the society. 



New-York State Agricultuhal Society, / 



Utica, Sept. 9, 1852. J 



At a meeting of the Executive committee, September 9th, a re- 

 monstrance signed by Joseph H. Eastman and others, was presen- 

 ted, in relation to the award of the committee on Devon Bulls on 

 the bull " May Boy," owned by Mr. Wainwright, awarded 

 a premium as a one year old bull ; and also in relation to the 

 age of the Devon heifer "Red Bird.'' 



The rules of the Society require that all animals 3 years old 

 or under, shall have their ages determined by the time of their 

 birth. The evidence in the case of the bull " May Boy," was 

 furnished by the owner to the judges, at the time he was examin- 

 ed. The bull was dropped on the 30th day of Sept ember j 1850, 

 and could not compete in any other class than that in v/hich he 

 was entered as a one year old bull. The heifer " Red Bird," en- 

 tered as a two year old, was calved February 14th, 1850, and wa« 

 properly passed upon as a two years old. 



Mr. Wainwright presented to the committee, the record of the 

 age of the bull, as received from his breeder, Mr. George Turner, 

 England ; and the bull is duly registered in the English Devon 

 Herd Book, as calved September 30th, 1850. The heifer was 

 proved, by the certiticate and affidavit of Mr. AYainwright, to 

 have been dropped February 14th, 1850, and competed last year 

 as a one year old, without question ; and the Executive comaiittee 

 are unanimously of the opinion, that the award of the committee, 

 so far as the ages of the animals are concerned, is in i-trict con- 

 formity with the rules of the Society, which were adopted at the 

 suggestion of gentlemen interested }n Devon cattle, who desired 

 that evidence should be adduced, of the ages of animals, dating 

 from their birth. 



B. P. JOHNSON, Scchj. 

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