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From the Report of the Committee on Heifers over two years 



old. 



The committee appointed to award premiums on heifers of 

 two years and upwards, have the pleasure to submit the follow- 

 ing report : — 



The number of competitors was eighteen, who have offered 

 for examination thirty animals ; fourteen three years old, and 

 sixteen two years old. Four two years old heifers were offered 

 by John Brooks, of Princeton, and two by Stephen Salisbury, of 

 Worcester, for exhibition only. The committee take great 

 pleasure in saying that many of them were very superior ani- 

 jials, making the duty extremely difficult to decide who were 

 entitled to the premiums. 



Amory Holman, Chairman. 



From the Report of the Committee on Heifers less than two 



years old. 



Your committee, having attended to the duty assigned to 

 them, respectfully ask leave to report : — 



Being fully aware of the respect paid to this kind of animals 

 by all classes of society, they have not lightly regarded the 

 responsibility which their trust imposes upon them. HencQ 

 they have endeavored to enter upon their duty with unbiassed 

 minds, regardless of circumstances in which competitors may 

 have been placed, provided they had complied Avith the requi- 

 sitions of the society, and have designed to be impartial in all 

 their decisions. 



Immediately after the creation of man, God gave him a right 

 to use the animals that were below him in the scale of organiza- 

 tion, to enhance his comfort, his pleasure, and his gratification ; 

 and also for his sustenance, and the purpose of labor. Man 

 thus became lord of the animal creation. He accordingly uses 

 one animal to warm him, another for purposes of pleasure, and 

 another to feed and nourish the body. But among the different 

 species and varieties of animals, not the least honored and 

 respected; or the least useful and beneficial; is the heifer, which 



