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Abner and Henry Aldeu showed Suffolks of excellent promise, of 

 all ages, from four months up to two years, — a part being from the 

 stock imported by Mr. Stickney, and a part from the stock imported 

 by jMr. Motley. 



George Houghton, of Neponset, contributed a very handsome young 

 Suffolk boar, which may prove of essential service, in that vicinity, 

 as a good stock getter. 



Joseph Robinson, of Neponset, offered some handsome Suffolk pigs 

 ten weeks old, probably from the same branch of stock as the last 

 named, that neighborhood having sent out some of the choicest of 

 this desirable breed. 



Calvin Dean, of Canton, exhibited a very large boar of three years, 

 being the same which elicited so much attention at the Society's 

 exhibition, 1852. He partakes largely of the Suffolk blood, and as 

 a stock getter, his reputation in his neighborhood stands A 1. 



John Fussell, of Jamaica Plain, entered a large number of Suffolks, 

 Chinas, and the " Improved Essex." Probably no pig on the ground 

 received more praise, and deservedly too, than did his young Essex 

 boar. Any owner might well be proud of so fine an animal coming 

 forward to do credit to this but recently imported breed. There were 

 but two other contributors under the head of " Improved Essex," 

 viz., B. V. French, of Braintree, and Eben Wight, of Dedham ; all 

 were received from L. G. Morris, of Mount Fordham, New York. 



The Committee believe that in granting a diploma for the " Im- 

 proved Essex" boar, the Society stands accredited as well as the 

 owner of the animal, when by this act they give a standing proof of 

 their estimation, and recommend his service for the improvement of 

 this branch of stock. 



Aaron D. Weld, of West Roxbury, exhibited an imported China sow, 

 with her Utter of thirteen pigs, (half Suffolk,) and both mother and 

 pigs were good evidence that the owner's crib is " close to hand." 

 Though the China enters largely into all the improved breeds of 

 swine, and as a cross are desirable, yet when bred pure they 

 lack in essential points. As breeders, they are certainly very 

 prolific. 



The breeding sow from M. P. Wilder was a large and fine 

 specimen of a cross between the Suffolk and Middlesex ; and with 

 her litter of ten pigs attracted much attention. 



The " Town of Needham " sent five pigs, three-fourths Suffolk, 



