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THE CATTLE SHOW AND FAIR. 



The Fifty-F"ifth Annual Cattle Show and Exhibition was held 

 at Danvers, September 28tl) and 29th, 1875. 



REPORTS, &C. 



FAT CATTLE. 



The Committee on Fat Cattle beg leave to report that there 

 were six Fat Oxen offered for premium, all of good quality, and 

 but three premiums at our disposal to satisfy their demands. 

 Had not the rules of the Society stared us in the face, we should 

 have awarded a premium to each pair and thereby rendered 

 equal justice to all. But to obey the rule, which we were bound 

 to do, we were obliged to award two premiums to one pair and 

 thereby leave one pair out in the cold which were really deserv- 

 ing a better fate. 



Hoping that the Trustees will change the rule, so far as Fat 

 Cattle are concerned, we postpone further suggestions for the 

 pre.'^ent and tender the result of our deliberations. 



Henry Gardner, Peabody, for best Ox, first premium, $ 12 ; 

 William A. Russell, No. Andover, second premium, $10; Hen- 



