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tra keeping ; they were fine cattle, and, by their united weights, 

 (3440 lbs.) show that they come from one of the best farms in the 

 county. The committee award 



To Nathaniel Dodge, of Sutton, the first and the second pre- 

 miums, for the best and the next-best fat ox. 

 To Ira Hunter, of Worcester, the third premium - for his ox, 

 weighing 2035 lbs. 



There were six fat cows offered. The Hon. Levi Lincoln, of 

 Worcester, whose zeal for the welfare of this society has been 

 unexampled, — who has yearly contributed largely to the exhi- 

 bitions of stock, — had in one of the pens a famous Durham cow. 

 surrounded by her descendants, which would do credit to any 

 of our dairy-yards. 



THOMAS W. WARD, Chairman. 



Milch Cows. 



There were seven entered for premiums, and eleven for ex- 

 hibition. The committee award to Charles Wilcox, of New 

 Braintree, the second premium, he being the only competitor 

 who brought himself within the rules. Moses G. Maynard, of 

 Westborough, would have been entitled to the first premium, 

 William S. Lincoln, of Worcester, to the third, Jacob W. Wat- 

 son, of Princeton, to the fourth, and Nahum Warren, of Shrews- 

 bury, to the fifth, for their respective animals, had they pre- 

 sented such certificates as the Society requires. 



The committee are enabled to say that the exhibition of cows 

 exceeded that of the two preceding years, and hope that there 

 will not be a seeming unwillingness on the part of farmers to 

 exhibit, at this annual exhibition, their best stock. The county 

 furnishes many valuable animals for milk, and the number 

 should be increasing. Every person who keeps a cow is more 

 or less interested in this important subject. If its importance is 

 not already felt, the committee cannot expect that any thing 

 from them, within the limits of a report, will awaken that at- 

 tention which the subject deserves. The inquiry has been made 



