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ox. A part of the figures given of the larger American 

 and the English ox are the following : American, height at 

 the shoulders, 5 ft. 6i in. ; length from nose to end of 

 rump, lift. 3J in. ; greatest girt, 10 ft. 1 in. ; English, 

 height, 5 ft. 6 in.; length, 11 ft.; girt, 11 ft. 1 in. The 

 comparative weights are not given. The larger American 

 ox weighed 2,784 pounds, and the smaller, 2,320 pounds. 

 The age of the pair was 6i years. The Westbrook heifer- 

 was notable as being the first adequate public demonstra- 

 tion, under the auspices of the society, of the great gains 

 possible through judicious breeding. The heifer was partly 

 of native, but chiefly of English pedigree, the English 

 breed being that of the celebrated cattle breeder, Robert 

 Bakewell. At the date of exhibition the animal was 21 

 months old and weighed over 1700 pounds. At six months 

 old its weight was 600 pounds. In form it was regarded 

 superior to anything that had been seen of the same class 

 in this region, and besides the painting, the trustees had an 

 engraving made and published in the Journal for January, 

 1818. 



Another notable affair, though not eligible for a pre- 

 mium, was a pair of women's shoes exhibited by William 

 Furnald of Charlestown, as evidence of the rapidity possi- 

 ble in the work of manufacture. Ou the first day of the 

 cattle show between the midnight hour and one o'clock A. 

 M., a goat was slaughtered at Mr. Furnald's factory. The 

 skin was removed, and before eleven A. M. had been prop- 

 erly limed, cleansed and tanned. Before one P. M. it had 

 been wrought into black morocco leather, and by 2.30 P. 

 M. the pair of shoes was finished and Mr. Furnald started 

 with them for the Brighton show grounds. 



With reference to the exhibits of superior animals, the 

 official report makes the following remarks which are his- 

 torically instructive, in showing the facts of that day as to 

 breeding : 



It is to be desired that our citizens and the world 

 should know that there exists no description of domestic 



