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very many of them particularly so. The Westficld team was 

 chiefly composed of fat cattle, and, though precluded by the 

 regulations of the society from awarding it a premium, the 

 committee felt bound in justice to pay it their highest regard. 

 The owners of this team, themselves in all respects model stock 

 growers, evidently possess a peculiar faculty for promoting the 

 I)hysical development of their animals ; and the committee would 

 cordially recommend all cattle troubled with leanness to their 

 fostering care ; and they would further advise every one who 

 finds it difficult to keep the ribs of his cattle out of sight, to ask 

 these Westficld gentlemen how the thing is done, and he may 

 rely on being well instructed. Should a famine ever threaten 

 this precinct, the committee could desire no better fortune than 

 to enjoy the tender mercies of these benevolent gentlemen, 

 whose fame for catering to the appetites of animals and men 

 is becoming world-wide. Besides the Westficld team there 

 were in the collection four excellent yoke of working oxen from 

 Chicopee, which attracted deserved commendation. 



Aaron Ashley, Chairman. 



NORFOLK. 



From the Rejjor't of the Committee on Milch Coivs. 



The committee have to report, that the whole number entered 

 for premium was twenty-three ; the most of which would rank 

 high in the several breeds to which they respectively belong. 

 There were some very fine Jerseys — a greater proportion than at 

 any former exhibition. The show of blood stock of other kinds 

 was good ; taken as a whole, it was very creditable. It is to be 

 regretted that greater care is not taken to keep, and render in 

 to the committee, statements of the yield of milk or butter, as 

 required by the rules of the society. Only one written state- 

 ment was presented, that from Dr. Morton, of Needham, which, 

 for precision and minuteness of detail, is entitled to great 

 credit. 



The exhibition of milch cows is one of the most interesting 

 features in our annual cattle show ; and it is to be hoped that 



