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The committee, therefore, upon the foregoing considerations, 

 have awarded to 



A. D, Weld, of Roxbury, the first premium, $S 



B. V. French, of Braintree, the second " - 6 

 S, D. Bradford, of Roxbury, the third " - 5 

 Lyman Kinsley, of Canton, the fourth " - 4 



Mr. Kinsley's oxen excelled in drawing, and would have 

 been entitled to the first premium, had they not been deficient 

 in backing. 



For the committee, 



WM. KING GAY. 



Fat Cattle. 



Two fat cattle only were entered for premium, one of which 

 was a heifer of Nathaniel Wentworth, of Canton, by his state- 

 ment three years old in May last. She had a calf when twenty- 

 three months old ; gave milk until the 15th of February last ; 

 since that time had daily four quarts of meal ; had been at pas- 

 ture during the grass season ; and the last four weeks had been 

 fed occasionally with a few green stalks. She weighed, on the 

 23d of September, 1320 pounds. 



The other was an ox of William King Gay, of Dedham, 

 represented to be ten years old. He had some meal through 

 the winter with meadow and salt hay ; worked until June ; 

 had drawn in hay through the usual haying season ; had been 

 at grass through the summer ; and had not exceeding four 

 quarts of meal per day. 



If Mr. Wentworth had given the weight of his heifer at the 

 early part of the season, for a starting point; and Mr. Gay, 

 the weight of his ox, both at an early period, and at the time of 

 the fair, the committee could better determine the gain of each 

 animal, and the comparative success in the progress of the fat- 

 tening. As the committee had not that vantage ground given 

 them, they had only to exercise their best judgment without it. 

 The heifer was a well fattened animal, (for a three years old,) and 

 truly of superior quality. The ox was good beef, and his gain 



