1858.] SENATE— No. 4. 7T 



The following is the list of entries in this division : — 



No. 1. — Calves, a pen of ten, owned by Jolin Brooks, Jr., Princeton. 

 2. — Calves, a pen of eight, owned by Harvey Dodge, Sutton. 

 3. — Calves, a pen of five, Devons, owned by William Buckminster, Fram- 



ingham. 

 4. — Calf, bull, 5 months old, Jersey, weighed 390 lbs., owned by G. T. 



Thatcher, Dorchester. 

 5. — Calf, heifer, 8 months old, weight 640 lbs., grade, owned by S. R. 



Burroughs, Warren. 

 6. — Calves, a pen of six, owned by Nathaniel Dodge, Sutton. 



The committee on this division submitted the following 



REPORT: 



The whole number of entries was six, viz. : — 



John Brooks, Jr., of Princeton, entered five, three seven months 

 old, and two nine weeks old. 



Harvey Dodge, of Sutton, entered eight, from four to seven months 

 old. 



William Buckminster, of Framingham, entered five, ages not 

 given. 



G. T. Thatcher, of Dorchester, entered one Jersey bull calf, five 

 months old. 



S. R, Burroughs, of Warren, entered a heifer calf, eight months 

 old. 



Nathaniel Dodge, of Sutton, entered six calves, from five to seven 

 months old. 



The quality of the calves was generally very good. The committee 

 took into consideration as far as possible the value of each animal ; 

 the care with which they were bred ; the manner in which they had 

 been reared, estimating the expense, care, &c. The provisions of the 

 board rendered it necessary that they should take a general survey 

 of the whole number contained in a pen, and on this account it was 

 impossible to take any individual animal of a superior character as a 

 type of a drove. In awarding the premiums therefore they pass 

 judgment on no single animal, but upon the class in which he might 

 be found. With these views they award. 



The first premium of $25, to Nathaniel Dodge, of Sutton. 



The second premium, of $15, to Harvey Dodge, of Sutton. 



And they would recommend a gratuity of $12, to John Brooks, Jr., 

 of Princeton. 



The calves of the Messrs. Dodge, were Devons, and there were among 



