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and horses, particularly the latter, colts being often bought and 

 sold, at high prices, months before they are foaled, in cases 

 where the sire is known to be purely Morgan, English, or other 

 valuable blooded stock. 



The same principle is strongly illustrated in the human race. 

 How distinctly does a little African blood exhibit itself, when 

 intermingled with that of the white race ; or when a little of 

 the latter is mixed with that of the black. 



But, without further prolongation of these remarks, your 

 committee return to the consideration of duties specially as- 

 signed to them, in the programme of this interesting Aimual 

 Fair. In the discharge of these services they have been called 

 to view a lar^e number of bulls and bull calves, but few of 

 which were of unmixed blood ; and in accordance with the prin- 

 ciple laid down in the foregoing paragraphs of this report, those 

 who have employed sires from this collection, during the past 

 season, can form no certain estimate of the stock, nor even 

 determine the kind which they expect in return. There were 

 on exhibition but two thorough bred bulls of Durham stock ; 

 one owned by Alvah Col ton, of Longmeadow, and the other by 

 Wilbur "Wilson, of Agawam. There were also four full-blooded 

 Devon bulls, three of them owned by H. M. Sessions, of Wil- 

 braham. 



Cyrus Frink, Chairman. 



HAMPDEN. 



From the Report of the Committee on Toivn Teams. 



Only three town teams were exhibited, which contained the 

 requisite number of working oxen to entitle them to premiums, 

 and these were distributed to the following towns : 



West Springfield, 1st premium, . . . $12 00 



Longmeadow, 2d " ... 9 00 



Springfield, 3d " ... 6 00 



The committee would not suffer the occasion to pass without 

 some reference to the merits of the animals drawn up for their 

 inspection. All of them were worthy of creditable notice, and 



