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surpassed in the quality of the stock, in any previous year. 

 Two strings of cattle were present, — one from South Hadley, 

 the other from Easthampton. The committee congratulate 

 the farmers of South Hadley, in their very fine presentation of 

 some of the largest and noblest looking oxen they have ever met 

 with. They noticed particularly ^ a very fine yoke of steers, 

 owned by Eliphaz Moody ; also a yoke not inferior to them, 

 by Edward Smith. Such fine steers bid fair to equal, if not 

 eclipse, those splendid oxen already matured in the stall. We 

 also noticed some good cattle from Easthampton. Mr. Clapp 

 and others had good ones. On the whole, those from East- 

 hampton were inferior in size to the team from South Hadley, 

 But for their superior number, the committee award to them a 

 premium of twenty-five dollars. Also a premium of twenty- 

 five dollars to the South Hadley team, for the exhibition of the 

 best cattle. 



Of fat cattle, there were two very superior pairs, one of white 

 steers, four years old, weighing 3737 pounds, owned by Abner 

 Pitcher, of Norwich, and one pair of red steers, of the same 

 age, weighing 3960 pounds, owned by Hervey Judd, of South 

 Hadley. Mr. Judd also showed a very fine pair of yearling 

 steers, weighing 2260 pounds. Both of these gentlemen de- 

 serve much credit for having exhibited so many cattle, and of 

 so good a quality, the former having brought on two pair of 

 steers, and the latter two of working oxen, in addition to those 

 mentioned above. The committee awarded premiums as fol- 

 lows : 



Abner Pitcher, Norwich, - - - $10 00 



Hervey Judd, South Hadley, - - 8 00 



The number of cows offered for premium was seventeen ; 

 they were mostly of a superior quality, and the committee 

 are of opinion, that the exhibition of this kind of stock has 

 never been excelled. They regret to be again obliged to say, 

 that the award of premiums would have been somewhat dif- 

 ferent, if the rules of the society had been complied with, in 

 the production of written statements of the quantity of milk 

 and butter produced in the six consecutive weeks required. 



T. G. HUNTINGTON, Chairman. 



