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Unless there was reason to doubt the purity of blood in this 

 animal, or he had some special defect, or there was some rule ex- 

 cluding him from competition, it is not easy to see why he did not 

 take a premium over grade animals, as the value of a bull consists 

 not in his own personal appearance, but in his power of imparting 

 to his progeny certain desirable qualities ; and with thorough bred 

 animals this is nearly or quite certain, while with grade bulls no 

 certainty at all exists. Nothing but a prohabiUty^ greater or less 

 as the case may be. 



Milch Cows. First premium to S. W. Hapgood, for a Native 

 eight years old; gives 28 quarts per day for two months of best feed, 

 and makes 8 pounds butter per week for four months of summer. 



Second premium to Perry Moore, for a Durham. 



Third, to John Pierce, for a cross of Devon and Durham ; last 

 year made 130 pounds butter in less than five months. June to Octo- 

 ber, and raised calf till six weeks old. 



Stock Cows. First premium to S. W. Hapgood of Avon, for 

 grade Durham. 



Second, to Edgar Hilton, for same. 



Third, to John Gray, for same. 



E. S. Hopkins showed a thorough bred Devon cow six years old, 

 and Perry Moore a full blood Durham. 



Sheep. First premium on buck, to S. W. Smith, for Spanish 

 Merino, brought from Vermont, four years old ; fleece of this year 

 weighed 14 pounds 6 ounces. 



Second and third premiums to Wm. R. Flint of North Anson, for 

 Spanish Merinos. 



First premium for 25 ewe sheep, Spanish Merinos, to Benj. Lane 

 of xVnson ; average weight of fleece, 5| pounds. 



Second, for 25 ewes, Jos. M. Smith, for same. 



First premium for 25 lambs, to S. W. Smith of Anson, for Span- 

 ish Merino. 



Second premium to George B. Gray. 



Third premium to Wm. Pullen— all Spanish Merinos. 



