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Premiums. 



Stephen Morse, Marlborough, 1st premium, . . $8 00 



Elbridge Robbins, Acton, 2d do. . .6 00 



W. L. Howe, Marlborough, 3d do. . ^.400 



Stephen Morse's Statement. 



Gentlemen, — The cattle offered by me for premium are na- 

 tive cattle, and were raised in Berlin, Mass. They are 7 years 

 old and have been owned by me between two and three years. 

 Since I have owned them they have done all the work on my 

 farm, and during last winter they were kept on meadow hay. 

 When I commenced working them in April last, I gave them 

 English hay and four quarts of meal, each, per day, and con- 

 tinued it till they were put to grass, towards the last of May. 

 Since which they have had nothing but grass and green stalks. 



Marlborough, Oct. 5, 1852. 



William L. Hmve^s Statement. 



Gentlemen, — The oxen which I enter for premium, have had 

 nothing but common pasture feed, except a few stalks at cut- 

 ting time. They have done the work of the farm, besides 

 working out to the amount of $50, without any grain whatever. 



Marlborough, Oct. 5, 1852. 



