REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 9 



STEERS, THREE YEARS OLD. 



William Dame, 2d premium, 2 00 



STEERS, TWO YEARS OLD. 



John Brooks, ist premium, 2 00 



N. B. Reed, 2d prem., i 50 



STEERS, TWO YEARS OLD, TRAINED. 



John Brooks, ist premium, 2 00 



John Brooks, 2d prem., • • i 00 



REMARKS OF COMMITTEE. 



There were 9 pairs of Working Oxen that contended for the 

 Society's premiums. Your Committee regret that they had no 

 more Premiums to offer, as there were so many that were merito- 

 rious, and they would very respectfully suggest to the Trustees to 

 increase the Premiums for Working Oxen, both in amount and the 

 number offered, so as to induce farmers to keep more oxen, as 

 your Committee are unanimous in believing that one-horse farming 

 (especially on a fair sized farm) will run it out rather than 

 improve it ; as we believe it to be the duty, as well as for the 

 interest of every farmer, to improve the condition of his farm 

 every year rather than to allow it to decrease in amount of produc- 

 tion and value, and we think the rearing and keeping of oxen is 

 the right road to that result. 



We award the ist premium for the best Working Oxen to Cyrus 

 Kilburn of Lunenburg, and the 2d to E. M. Hadley of Princeton. 



There was but one pair of Three Years Old Steers presented for 

 premium. We did not think them worthy of the ist premium, but 

 we award them the 2d, to William Dame of Fitchburg. 



There were 9 pairs of Two Years Old Steers presented to us, and 



a good proportion were very fine specimens, and your Committee 



were highly gratified to see that there was a good fotnidati^i^ iajd 

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