76 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



FAT CATTLE. 



The attention of farmers in Massachusetts, especially in the 

 eastern section, is devoted so little to feeding and the production 

 of beef, that it was not to be expected that the entries in this 

 division would be large. The premiums offered were as fol- 

 lows : — 



Fat Bullock— 1st pi'emium, ijJSO ; 2d, $20 ; 3fl, ^10. 

 Fat Cow— 1st premium, $20 ; 2d, |10 ; 3d, 05. 



The following is the list of entries of fat cattle : — 



No. 1. — Oxen, 6 years old, 3,700 lbs., owned by George Babcock, Brookline. 

 2. — Ox, grade Durham, 5 yeai-s old, weighed 2,800 lbs., owned hj 



Thomas J. Field, Northfield. 

 3. — Ox, 5 years old, weighed 1,960 lbs., owned by Samuel Ellsworth, 



Barrc. 

 4. — Oxen, one pair, 8 years old, weighed 3,465 lbs., owned by Reuben 



Thompson, Plympton. 

 5. — Ox, one, 5 years old, weighed 2,400 lbs., owned by Hezekiah Taylor, 



Westfield. 

 6. — Ox, one, 5 years old, weighed 2,400 lbs., owned by Hezekiah Taylor, 



Westfield. 



The Committee made the following awards : — 



The first premium, to H. Taylor, of Westfield, for his ox, 5 years 

 old, weight, 2,400 lbs. 



Second premium, to Thomas J. Field, of Northfield, for his grade 

 short-horn steer, 5 years old. 



Third premium, to H. Taylor, for his ox, 5 years old, weight, 

 2,400 lbs. 



They can also recommend a gratuity of five dollars to Eeuben 

 Thompson, of Plympton, for his pair of fat oxen, weight, 3,46o lbs., 

 and another of ten dollars to Samuel Ellsworth, of Barre, for his fat 

 ox, 4 years old- 



David Moseley, Chairman. 



CALVES. 



The following premiums were offered : — 



For the best pen of calves, not less than five in number, raised by the 

 exhibitor — 1st premium, $25; 2d, $15. 



