go WEST OXFORD SOCIETY. 



Osgood. This horse -was a fine specimen both of horse and horse- 

 manship, being capitally broken, and kind and obedient to the 

 slightest touch of the rein or halter. Bradbury has a good horse, 

 and ought himself to have a premium, as a horse tamer. 



Breeding Mares. There were but two presented. One by 

 Ichabod S. Warren of Denmark. Ten years old ; breed, Morgan ; 

 weight, 850 pounds ; raised by him, in Denmark ; and with all the 

 points of a fine breeder and good family horse. To him we award 

 the first premium, for the best breeding mare. 



The other entry was by Thomas Farington of Stow. This mare 

 had by her side a fine large four months old colt, which has been 

 awarded the premium for best colt less than six months old. The 

 mare is a good specimen of a good breeder ; age, six years ; weighs 

 1,000 pounds; blood not stated; raised in Stow. This gets the 

 second premium for breeding mares. 



Cows. The Committee on Cows report : — In order to secure the 

 greatest good in any enterprise, a thorough, practical acquaintance 

 >with all its bearings and relations is indispensibly necessary. He 

 ^who would succeed in mercantile pursuits must not only be pos- 

 sessed of sufficient capital in ready money, but must be qualified to 

 •transact his business economically, and invest his money when and 

 where it will yield him the quickest and largest returns. The 

 huntsman who would become an adept in trapping game, must first 

 acquaint himself with the habits of the animal he pursues. He 

 must know what kind of food it chooses, and when it takes it; when 

 it is in the best condition, and where it may naturally be found. 



So he who would avail himself of the comforts and luxuries of a 

 good dairy, and lay the foundation of a superior stock, must become 

 a close, practical student of the female, in all her conditions and 

 circumstances : not only after she becomes a cow, but in earliest 

 life. "Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined," is no less true 

 among the brutes, than among the human race, and neither can be 

 neglected with impunity. Nature does all her work finally and 

 well; and always accomplishes whatever is undertaken, unless hin- 

 dered by outward circumstances, over which she has no control. 

 Man, short-sighted and selfish as he is, arrogates to himself the 

 ability to improve upon nature's operations ; and as may naturally 



