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that will grow up rapidly and eat all before him ; but that when 

 brought to the shambles will make a ton of beef. 



It is well that both classes of cattle have their admirers. It will 

 be for the advantage of the State. 



In this cattle exhibition, Mr. "Warren Percival is the gentleman 

 who bears away every premium given to the full blood Durham 

 stock ; for he alone filed in his pedigrees for the consideration of 

 the committee. 



The pedigree animals, and they alone can, or ought to carry away 

 the tokens of the generosity of the State in the class of breeding stock. 



The animals in the grade department were very fine, some of them, 



and it was pleasant to the committee to be able to give them some 



slight evidence of appreciation of their disposition to bring their best 



animals to the State Fair. 



W. A. P. Dillingham, Chairman. 



The awards in this class were as follows : 



To "Warren Percival of Vassalboro', for his bull " Duke of Man- 

 lius," the first premium. [See 4th vol. Am. Herd Book.] Duke 

 of Manlius, got by Echo of Oxford, out of Olivia, got by Lord 

 Ducie, imported by Dr. Wendall of Albany. 



To the same, for best Short horn cow, " May Day," 5 years old, 

 got by Bay State (237), out of May Flower by Korth America 

 (116), out of Prize by Dictator (3591), out of Princess by "Wash- 

 ington (1566), out of Pansy by Bliize (76), out of Primrose by 

 Charles (127.) 



To the same, for second best, for Prize, 4 years old, calved Feb. 

 20, 1856, got by Logan (1784), out of Prize by Dictator (3591) &c. 



To the same, for third best, for Lady Grey, calved March, 1857, 

 got by Bay State (237), out of May Flower by North America, 

 (116) out of Prize by Dictator, &c.j &c. 



To the same, for best yearling heifer, for May Day, 3d, oui of 

 May day, being her second calf by Boz, out of Stately by Rough 

 and Ready (930), out of Stella by Logan (95), out of Stately by 

 North Star (4592), out of Princess by Splendid (5297), &c., &c. 



To the same, for best heifer calf. May Day, 4th, out of May Day 

 by Earl of "Warwick, (recorded in 3d vol. Am. Herd Book.) 



