112 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



No. 4. — " Iloosicr," G years old, weight, 000 ll)s., owned by C. H. Mills, 

 Boston. 

 5. — " Wizard,"' C years old, owned by S. Crockett, Boston. 

 6. — " Comet," French and Morgan, 5 years old, weight, 983 lbs., ownexi 



by Joshua Wilkins, Dorchester. 

 7. — " Charlie," French and English, G years old, weight, 850 lbs., owned 



by Aniasa Clapp, Dorchester. 

 8. — " Flying Morgan," G years old, weight, 950 lbs., owned by R. S. 



Denny, Clappville. 

 9. — " Lady Mayfly," 10 years old, owned, by P. M. Kibby, Boston. 

 10. — " Peacock," 7 years old, weight, 1,125 lbs., owned by J. Gilson, West 



Cambridge. 

 11.—" Billy Morgan," 4 years old, weight, 900 lbs., owned by E. B. Met- 



calf, Franklin. 

 12.—" Fannie," 5 years old, weight, 900 lbs., owned by E. B. Metcalf, 

 Franklin. 



The committee on saddle horses presented the following 

 REPORT: 



They award the first premium to R. S. Denny, of Clappville, for 

 his " Flying Morgan." 



The second, to Charles Boynton, of Georgetown, for his horse 

 "Boston." 



The third, to S. Crockett, Boston, for his horse, " Weazle." 



The committee would recommend that diplomas be awarded to 

 Joshua Wilkins, of Dorchester, for his horse, " Comet," and to J. 

 Gilson, of West Cambridge, for his horse, " Peacock." 

 For the committee, 



Samuel C. Oliver. 



SHEEP. 



Probably no domestic animal is more widely diffused over the 

 civilized world than the sheep. It has been under the subjec- 

 tion of man from the earliest antiquity, and still continues to 

 be of the utmost importance to him both in an individual and 

 national point of view. 



It has been supposed by some naturalists that the domestic 

 sheep was originally derived from the wild species, several 

 of wliich still exist in different parts of the world, as the argali 

 of central and northern Asia, the musraon found in the mo\m- 

 tains of the Caucasus and elsewhere, as in the islands of Crete 



