90 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Tho work was all done with comparatively no noise, and 

 without the use of the whip. But there was one solitary 

 instance where the unmerciful use of the whip was manifest. 

 One beautiful, intelligent young ox came on the ground with one 

 side nearly covered with stripes, from six to twenty-four inches 

 long, and raised nearly as large as a man's finger. Your Com- 

 mittee spoke of the disgusting and uncomely appearance of such 

 treatment. The driver informed them that it was done at the 

 trial upon the plough, which was hut a poor and insufficient 

 excuse for such unmerciful treatment. 



Your Committee would recommend to all owners or drivers 

 of oxen, if it is absolutely necessary, (which your Committee 

 very much doubt,) to use the whip to such an unmerciful 

 extent, to do it at home some weeks previous to an exhibition of 

 this kind, and thereby help their own reputation, and not dis- 

 gust and wound the better feelings of the community. A word 

 to the wise is sufficient, and your Committee hope and trust 

 they may never have occasion to meet any other case of tho 

 kind. Respectfully submitted. 



C. P. Rice, for the Committee. 



HORSES. 



MIDDLESEX NORTH. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



Quite a number of the animals presented for examination to 

 your Committee were found unsound, of poor form, and very 

 inferior character. To remedy this in the future, let it be dis- 

 tinctly understood that it is useless to offer for premiums any 

 worn out, unsound or inferior animals, and encourage, by offer- 

 ing the highest premiums the society can afford, the breeding of 

 the best animals of all kinds, but more especially horses. 



What a pleasure it must be to those who raise horses, after 

 having sold them, to see them in good hands, where they are 

 kindly treated. On the contrary, how sad and touching to our 

 feelings is the sight of some poor animal, that we had raised or 

 owned and perhaps learned to love, suffering from lameness, or 



