KENNEBEC COUNTY SOCIETY. 265 



For the want of a team on which to bestow the fourth, we recom- 

 mend that it be equally divided among the towns which formerlj 

 met with us, — Wayne, Winthrop, and East Livermore, — for keeping 

 their noble animals at home. 



, John May, Chairman. 



From the Report on Town Steer Teams. 



There were thirty-seven pairs of three years old steers entered 

 as teams from different towns, the most of which were well matched, 

 well made up, looking bright and active, bidding fair to make a 

 good show at some future day in the ox line. One pair, owned by 

 John Jacobs of Mt. Vernon, measuring seven feet in girth, well 

 matched, we think must have descended from Jacob's breed, of old, 

 being speckled, grizzled or gray. They were what we call butt- 

 enders to any steer team. 



Mt. Vernon came forward with thirteen pairs. Your Committee 

 unanimously agreed to award her the first premium for best team. 

 I'ayette, twelve pairs, nearly as good as Mt. Vernon, to which we 

 award the second premium. Readfield had some very good steers, 

 twelve pairs, and is entitled to the third premium. 



Charles Kent, Chairman. 



The statements accompanying the prize awards, in some cases, 

 give the pedigrees and the opinion of their owners as to their par- 

 ticular merits, and as the various breeds have been more fully proved 

 within the limits of this Society than in any other in the State, it 

 may be well to add that the weight of testimony seems to be nearly 

 as follows : Jerseys are particularly commended for milk and butter — 

 the milk being richer than that of any other breed ; Ayrshires for 

 dairy purposes — giving good milk, and a good quantity, — also ser- 

 viceable for labor, and are hardy. The Durhams, for docility, size 

 and early maturity, are profitable with suitable care and treatment; 

 and grades are often valuable as dairy cows and laboring oxen. The 

 Herefords prove hardy, docile, of large size, good for labor and beef, 



