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Steers. 

 There were thirty-live entries for premiums on steers, elevea 

 of which were three years old, tliirteen pairs of two years old, 

 ten pairs of yearlings, and one pair of calves, the most of which 

 gave lis great reason to hope that Androscoggin would not be 

 behind the older counties for years to come in that farmer's 



pride — the ox. 



E. S. Whitman, Chairman. 



Swine. 



At a court begun and holden at Lewiston, within and for the 

 county of Androscoggin, on the 7th day of October, A. D. 

 1856, the following entries appeared on the docket: 

 No. 1. Improved Suffolk boar. 



2. Lady Suffolk sow. 



3. A youthful boar, five months old. 



4. Sow and pigs. 



5. Suffolk boar, one year old. 



6. Suffolk sow. 



Impressed with the responsibility of our position, the court 

 entered upon the discharge of the solemn duty assigned us, de- 

 termined to employ all constitutional means in meting out jus- 

 tice to the swinish multitude committed to our charge, and to 

 avail ourselves of all the learning in our power on a subject so 

 important to mankind. 



We are unanimons in the opinion that by statute, jurisdiction 

 attaches to this court in all cases of swine, whether biped or 

 quadruped, coming under our ol)servation, although by the 

 '•'Rules and Orders" of this society, it seems to be limited to 

 cases actually set down on the docket for trial. Desiring to 

 maintain the integrity of this honorable society, and by no 

 means transcend the already exalted jurisdiction of this honor- 

 able court, and preserve the constitution and the Union to the 

 longest and lowest extremity, this court resolved to keep with- 

 in the record of cases marked for trial, although bigger bores 

 and greater hogs might be found outside. By the census of 

 1850; there were in this great Republic, thirty millions three 



