MASS. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 451 



Statement of Entries at the Shows of the Worcester 

 Agricultural Society for the I<^our last Years. 



1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. 



275 266 299 311 



The entries of sheep, swine and poultry, are of the distinct 

 entries, and give no idea of the number of animals included 

 in each entry. As, for instance, of ewes and weaned pigs, the 

 rules require that there should be not less than four in each 

 lot ; of poultry, not less than five ; in reality, the number in 

 each lot of pigs frequently exceeds the required number, per- 

 haps as high as ten or twelve. 



WILL. S. LINCOLN, Recording Secretary. 



* No premium oflered for bull calves in 1848. 



t Selli Wyman oflered a team of 25 yokes owned by himself, in this year; no premium 

 had been oflered. 



X There were 23 fat oxen, 7 steers and 3 cows in 18t9, but subsequently there has been 

 no premium oflered for fat steers. 



