58 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



times, and hope they have done justice to all concerned. They award 

 the following premiums : — 



Herds of four Cows. — Entry. — Number of herds entered, 8 ; first 

 premium to No. 10, Harvey Dodge, of Sutton, $50; second, to No. 

 3, John Brooks, Jr., of Princeton, diploma. 



Cows three years old and upAvards — first, to No. 54, William Eames, 

 of Worcester, $30; second, to No. 41, Henry Boyles, of Princeton, 

 $20: third, to No. 29, William Robinson, Jr., of Barre, $15. 



Cows two years old — first, to No. 50, N. Dodge, of Sutton, $20 ; 

 second, to No. 33, William Barrett, of Barre, $15 ; third, to No. 63, 

 Samuel Ellsworth, of Barre, $10. • 



Yearling Heifers. — First, to No. 37, Calvin Baker, of Brimfield, $15 ; 

 second, to Nos. 7 — 9, John Brooks, Jr., of Princeton f ; third, to 

 No. 26, Thomas J. Field, of Northfield, $5. To S. W. Bufi"um, of 

 Winchester, N. H., for two very fine yearling heifers, the committee 

 award a gratuity of $5. 



Nos. 19 and 20, a grade cow and heifer entered by Marshall 

 P. Wilder, of Dorchester, richly deserved a premium. But as he 

 declined to receive it, we award him an honorary notice of the animals. 



Bulls. — There were ten entries of grade bulls, all of them superior 

 animals. As it is the practice of the Board to encourage thorough 

 bred bulls, rather than those of mixed blood, no premiums were 

 ofi"ered. As an honorary premium is in many cases considered full 

 equal to a premium in money, and as the committee decreed several of 

 the bulls worthy of such a notice, we have awarded them as follows : — 



No. 27, first honorary premium, W^illiam Davis, of Middleborough ; 

 No. 34, second, William Adams, of West Brookfield ; No. 35, third, 

 H. Nichols, of Bradford, on bull, "Daniel Webster." 



Mr. Thomas Smith, of Dedham, also exhibited a fine grade bull, 

 " Jamestown," by " Beverly," dam Jamestown, a Suff'olk cow presented 

 to R. B. Forbes, by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, at the time of 

 his visit in the U. S. ship Jamestown, in 1854. This cow was a great 

 milker. " Beverly " was sired by " Colonel," a first prize bull in the 

 island of Jersey, dam " Flora," imported by Thomas Motley, Jr., 

 and widely known as one of the best butter cows in the world. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Henkt W. Cushman, of Bernardston, 

 Henry R. Keith, of Grafton, 

 Wm. Buckminster, of Framingham, 

 Petee Harwood, of Barre, 



Committee. 



