as it had the a[)iK'araiu'(' of the ci-oss of the Chester with some 

 sniallei' breed. 



The Coniniittee, acting upon the instruction given, " 'J'hat 

 no premium sliould be given, unless the ol)ject was of a decid- 

 edl}: superior quality,"' did not think tliat any animal was en- 

 titled to the second premium. 



They award the first premium and diploma t(j Ilenrv Sal- 

 tonstall, of Peabody, for his breeding sow. 



The second premium to Joseph F. Dane, of Hamilton. 



For the best litter of weaned pigs, they award the first })re- 

 mium of $5 to Henry Saltonstall, of Peabody. 



The second to Wm. Foster, of Xorth Andover. 



Committee — Wm. Iv. Putnam,, James T. Carleton, John 

 Lee, J. F, Knowltou, Jasper Kea. 



STATEMENT OF HENRY SALTONSTALL. 



To THE Committee ox Swixe, of the Essex AciiuciL- 

 TfHAL Society. — Gentlemen: — The Yorkshire sow, " ]\Ieg 

 ]\[errilies," entered l)y me for the Society's premium for the 

 best breeding sow, was imported in January, ]870, by ship 

 "• H. I). Storer," from Liverj)ool. She was sired in England, 

 imported in dam, and dropped two months after arrival of the 

 vessel, ]March, 1870. She has been owned l)y me since she 

 was three months old. 



She is tlioroughl)red, easily kept and fattened, gentle, a 

 good mother, and perfectly healthy. 



She has had one litter of eleven pigs, one of A\hich was 

 killed accidentally, one has been sold, and tlie remaining nine 

 are entered as per next page. She is thin in flesh at this time, 

 because she has so lately weaned a hea\y litter of pigs. 



I enter for exhibition — having obtained first premium at 

 last year's Show — the imported English White Boar " Cap- 

 tain Jinks," two years old. 



The boar was piu-chased by Thomas Motley, Esq., for me. 



