ON BULLS. 



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William Foster, of North Audover, the 2d premium, $8 00 



John Washburn, of Lynn, the 3d premium. ^ 00 



William Sutton, of Salem, the 4th premium, 4 00 



Respectfully submitted by 



J. KITTUEDGE, for Committee. 

 Salem, Sept. 27, 1849. 



ON BULLS. 



The Committee* on Bulls respectfully Report : 

 Twelve Bulls were entered for premium, but only eleven were 

 found on the ground by your committee. These they carefully ex- 

 amined, and made up a very favorable opinion of the merits of sev- 

 eral animals, other than those to which they awarded the premiums. 

 There was no difference of opinion as to Avhich should be given the 

 first premium. But whicli was best entitled to the others, was a 

 matter not so easily and readily to be determined ; and in coming to 

 the final result, the committee felt very far from entire confidence in 

 the correctness of their judgment. When the merits of different 

 claimants are very nearly balanced, the right or wrong decision of 

 the question of superiority, is almost of necessity an accident, and 

 in giving the preference to one, another must be passed by, which 

 in some one point or more, may be his superior. After due deliber- 

 ation, however, it was concluded that the yearling Bull of Henry 

 Poor, of Andover, was entitled to the first premium of $7 00 



The Bull of Samuel Thompson, of Haverhill, two years old, to 



the second, 6 00 



And the yearling North Devon Bull of Joseph Kittredge, of 

 Andover, to the third, 5 00 



Naturally and intimately associated with our report, is the subject 

 of "improving the Breed of Cattle." A remark or two upon that 

 subject may be neither uninteresting nor out of place. The import- 

 ance of a more thorough knowledge, of clearer ideas upon it than 

 we now have, is apparent to every body. In fact, no such thing as 



♦Presant, T. E. Paysoii, George French, Joshua Lc Newhall, Samuel H. Green, and benjamin 

 P Ware. 



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