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To Edmund Barker, of Andover, for his best ox, the 



second premium of . . . . . $8 00 



To Joseph Hathaway, of Marblehead, for his second 



best ox, the third premium of . . . 5 00 



Enoch Wood, Chairman. 



Bulls. 



The exhibition of bulls was very creditable to the county, 

 and more premiums would have been awarded, if the commit- 

 tee had them at their disposal. 



The entries were nine in number, eight for premium, and 

 one for exhibition only. 



The bull for exhibition was from Tewksbury, owned by 

 Charles E. Abbott and H. C. Merriam, and was a noble 

 animal. 



The bull by David Nevins, the committee thought, would 

 have been entitled to the second premium, if any one had been 

 present to make a representation of the animal. 



The committee have awarded the first premium to Eustis 

 Kimball, of Bradford, for his native and Durham bull, three 

 years old, . . . . . . $7 00 



The second premium to Jedediah Farnham, of Ando- 

 ver, for his bull, 16| months old, . . . 6 00 

 The third premium to William Carlton, of Andover, 



for his bull, half native and half Devon, . . 5 00 



For the committee. 



R. A. Merriam. 



Heifers. 



The committee on heifers report that they found for exhi- 

 bition, six heifers in milk, and nineteen two years old, and 

 yearlings. Among these the committee noticed two of good 

 appearance, which were owned by H. C. Merriam, of the 

 neighboring county of Middlesex. All the others, with one 



