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mend to your favorable notice, my thoroughbred Jersey bull 

 calf, " Governor." Being but ten months old, he cannot be 

 entered for jjremium, and is sent for exhibition only. 



His sire, Ceur de Lin, and dam, Diamond, were both se- 

 lected and extra cost animals. Bought in the Island of Jer- 

 sey by Thomas Motley, Esq. , and imported by Steamer St. Lau- 

 reat, in June, 18G8. Diamond was bought and imported for, 

 and is owned, by me. Ceur de Lin is the property of Benja- 

 min E.Bates, Esq., of Watcrtown. 



Both are entered in the Herd Register of the American Jei- 

 sev Cattle Club, Xos. 81 S and 570. 



WOKKIXG OXEX AND STEEES. 



Tiie Committee on Working Oxen report : That there were 

 seven entries of Vv'orking oxen, six of which put in an appear- 

 ance, and Avent to trial ; and it jcas a trial, such as your Com- 

 mittee hope they will never be called on to witness again, here 

 or elsewhere. The load was two thousand pounds, exclusive 

 of the wagon, the hill the hardest in the county, and the oxen 

 averaging twenty-eight hnndrcd lbs. per ])air, made a very 

 ])adly proportioned thing of the whole affair. 



Every ox did his l)est, and a few pairs of the heaviest cattle 

 found the top of the hill ; but tlio lighter grade will " die Avith- 

 out the sight." 



Li the name of humanity, in the name of everything that is 

 good and holy, your Committee Avould embrace this op})ortuni- 

 tv to enter their jirotcst again: t crnclty to dumb animals. 



AAvards on working oxen from five to eight years old : 



To George Ilodgsdon, of Ipswich, first ])reminni, diploma 

 and 112. 



To R. S. Bray, of Xewbury, second premium, $10. 



To William Eoster, North Andover. third premium, l<S. 



