Report of Committees. 25 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS.— Fiest Division. 



Whole number of entries, 13 (26 head.) Fat Oxen, 4 ; Working Oxen, 8 ; 

 Draft Oxen, 1. 



The Committee on Animals, first division, award as follows : 



Best Yoke Fat Oxen, Jared Lewis. Great Barrington, $10 



2d do., F. K. Hinckley, Lee, 8 



Sd do. , J. H. Van Deusen, Great Barrington, 5 



Best Yoke Working Oxen. J. W. Parks, Sheffield, 10 



2d do., W. Cannon, Tyringham, 8 



3d do. , Frederick Abbey. Great Barrington, 6 



4th do., William H. Hawley, Sandisfield, 5 



5th do., John D. Black, Lee, 4 



Best Yoke Draft Oxen, R. W. Barnum. Monterey, 8 



Your committee recommend a premium on Working Oxen to Samuel 



Newell, of Great Barrington, of 3 



CAKLTON CURTIS, ) 



EDWIN R. JOYNER. [ Committee. 



W. H. PALMER, ) 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS— Second Division. 



Whole number of entries, 14. (3Ghead.) Four-year-old Oxen, 7 ; three-year- 

 old Steers, 5 ; Neat Stock, 2. 



The Committee on Animals, second division, award as follows : 



Best yoke lour-y ear-old Oxen, (broke to labor, ) Elijah N. Hubbard, Great 



Barrington, $8 



2d do., W. H. Hawley, Sandisfield, 7 



3d do., J. B. Walker, New Marlboro, 6 



4th do., George Gibson, New Marlboro, f> 



Best yoke three-year-old Steers, (broke to labor,) J. B. Walker, New 



Marlboro, 7 



2d do., Edgar Kilbourn, Great Barrington, 6 



3d do.. R. C. Fargo, Monterey, 5 



4th J. W. Ford, Stockb.idge, 4 



5th do., Edwin Boardman, Sheffield, 3 



Best display of Native or Grade Neat Stock, not less than six in number, 



grown by competitor, Jared Lewis, Great Barrington, 8 



2d do. , Frederick Abbey, Great Barrington, 6 



W. W. GARFIELD, ) 

 JAMES A. RHOADES, - Committee. 

 JOHN CANNON, ) 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS.— Third Division. 



Whole number of entries, 32. (40 head.) Two-year-old Steers, 3 ; Yearling 

 Steers, 5 ; Boys' Trained Steers, 0. Grade Yearling Heifers, 24. 



The Committee on Animals, third division award as follows : 



Best pair two-year-old Steers, L. S. Butler, Lenox, $4 



2d do., Frederick Abbey, Great Barrington, 3 



Best pair Yearling Steers, William H. Hawley, Sandisfield, 4 



2d do., Frederick Abbey, Great Barrington, 3 



3d do., Horace Z. Candee, Sheffield, 2 



Best Grade Yearling Heifer, Hopkins T. Cande, Sheffield, 4 



2d do., Jared Lewis, Gr^at Barrington, 3 



3d do., Orrin Curtis, Sheffield, 2 



4th do., C. S. Curtis, Stockbridge, 1 



Your Committee would recommend an extra premium of $2 to J. H. Van 



Deusen of Great Barrington on Yearling Steers. 



F. G t HEATH, ) 



EZRA BEST, I Committee. 



DWIGHT ANDREWS,) 



