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will afford the requisite protection against the elements, and the 

 tendency to fatten must, to a certain extent, give way to a habit of 

 activity and a tendency to muscular fibre. Even in ordinary farm- 

 management, there may be too much regard paid to the points which 

 denote a tendency to fat only, to the neglect of those which denote 

 constitution, A proper balance of these must be kept constantly 

 in view, or the stock which will be found most profitable cannot be 

 bred." 



PREMIUMS AWARDED. 



Best Boars not under six months. — To Dr. W. T. G. Mor- 

 ton, of West Needham, for Suffolk ; first premium, - - $6.00 

 To Richard Richardson, of Medway, for Suffolk, second 



premium, - - 5.00 



H. L. Howe, Grantville, for Suffolk ; third prem'um, - - 4.00 

 Diplomas were awarded to John Fussell, of Roxbury, for young 

 Essex Boar ; George Houghton, of Neponset, for Suffolk ; H. L. 

 Stone, of Grantville, for Suffolk ; S. J. Capen, of Dorchester, for 

 pair Snffolks, recently imported ; and Joseph Mann, Jr., of Neponset, 

 for Suffolk. 

 Breeding Sows. — To H. L. Stone, Grantville, for Suffolk ; 



second premium, ^i^.OO 



To Abner Alden, of Dedham, f )r Suffolk ; third premium, 4.00 

 Gratuities of $2 to M. P. Wilder, of Dorchester, for Essex and 

 Suffolk cross ; and A. D. Weld, of West Roxbury, for China. Di- 

 ploma to W. T. G. Morton, of West Needham, for Suffolk. 

 Wf^aned Pigs. — To Town of Needham, three-fourths Suf- 

 folk ; first premium, ... . . ^5.00 

 To Henry Goulding, of Dover, fifteen-sixteenths Suffolk ; sec- 

 ond premium, - - 3.00 



To Henry Woo^l, of West Needham, three-fourths Suffolk ; 



third premium, - - - ... . - 2.00 

 Diploma to Jos. Robinson, of Dorchester, for Suffolk. 

 Fat Hogs. — To William Flagg, of West Needham, one-half 



Suffolk ; first premium, . . . . . 6.00 



To C. C. Sewall, of Medfield, for Suff.lk ; second premium, 5.00 



EBEN WIGHT, Chairman. 

 Dedham. 



