REPORTS AT UTICA. 



DEVON COWS. 



The committee on Devou cows, heifers and heifer calves, respec- 

 fully report, that they have had great difficulty in awarding the 

 premiums ; the animals of this class being not only numerous, but 

 of superior excellence, uniformity in this respect rendering selec- 

 tion a work of no ordinary kind. Your committee in following 

 instructions have been zealous to discover the true age and purity 

 of all the animals submitted, and the only case in which' any diffi- 

 culty has arisen in this respect, is the two years old heifer in No. 

 8,3, (to which we have awarded the second prize) having the mouth 

 of a three years old ; your committee took much trouble in this case> 

 and after a full investigation came to the conclusion, that it was 

 a case of premature development. 



PATK. ROSE WRIGHT, 

 JOHN WADE, 

 ROBERT C. KEESE. 



AGES OF STOCK. 



An application having been made to the Executive Committee 

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

 same was dul)^ considered, and the annexed report of the proceed- 

 ings of the Executive Committee, wall show that the matters were 

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

 were made in strict conformity to the regulations of the Society : 



State Agricultuhal Society, ? 

 Utica^ Sept. 9, 1852. ] 



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

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

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



