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heifer calves, 8 ; bull calves, thorough-bred, 2 ; miscellaneous 

 stock, 14 ; steers, one and two years old, 18 ; three and four years, 

 15. Among the largest exhibitors of stock were, 0^0. Bardwell, 

 of Shelburne, who exhibited 28 head of cattle, 55 sheep and a 

 boar ; C. E. Williams, of Deerfield, 9 dairy cows ; Isaac Barton, 

 a herd of 11 ; William Long & Son, of Shelburne, 24 ; David' 

 L. Smith, of Colraine, a jack, pair of mules and a tliree months 

 old mule ; G. W. Carpenter & Son, of Shelburne, 12 ; Wilcox & 

 Brothers, of Shelburne, E. W. Stebbins, JosialiFogg, D. 0. Fisk 

 and others. Among the more noticeable cattle were the fat 

 pairs of Samuel Fisk and George W. Carpenter, of Shelburne, 

 the 3,980 pound four year olds of Jonathan McClellan, of Deer- 

 field, the 3,800 pound four year olds of Edmund Skinner, of 

 Shelburne, and the 2,700 pound yearlings of Stephen Fellows, 

 of the same place. 



Among the thorough-bred bulls was one owned and exhi- 

 bited by E. W. Stebbins, Esq., of Deerfield, for size, fine points, 

 and beautiful proportions, it would be hard to beat ; also a full- 

 blood Jersey bull and a heifer, which were very fine animals. 



Of swine there were about 60 exhibited — several fine boars, 

 and several fine litters of pigs. They were chiefly of the Chester 

 County breed, introduced into the county a few years since by 

 ■ the former secretary of the society, James S. Grennell, Esq. 



The exhibition of sheep was a large and splendid one. The 

 number on exhibition was about 400, of South Down, Oxford, - 

 Norfolk, Dorset, Cheviot, Cotswold, New Leicester, Spanish 

 Merino, and French varieties. The largest contributors were, 

 Baxter E. Bardwell, 0. 0. Bardwell, D. 0. Fisk, Oscar Bard- 

 well, and Rufus L. Bishop, of Shelburne, Jonathan McClellan, 

 of Deerfield, A. 0. Buddington, of Leyden, Jonathan Sraead, 

 Pliny Martindale, Asa Rowland, of Conway, Edwin H. Clapp, 

 of Deerfield, Paul Jenkins, of Conway. Gardner Truesdale, of 

 Shelburne, exhibited a Cotswold ram, (not a rebel,) weighing 

 203 pounds, and 0. 0. Bardwell, of the same place, a South 

 Down one, weighing 175 pounds. D. 0. Fisk, of Shelburne, 

 who has some handsome crosses of South Down and' Cotswold, 

 has sold this season 54 grass-fed lambs out of his flock of Qo, at 

 $4.50 each. 



By the liberality of James S. Grennell, Esq., a premium was 

 offered for^the largest flock of fine-wool sheep. There wete five 



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