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Fifth premium to Loren Carpenter, Sturbridge, . |5 00 



Sixth premium to Leonard Wheelock, Grafton, . 4 00 



Seventh premium to Artemas J. Bullard, Worcester, . 3 00 

 The premium to the best driver is awarded to Henry 



J. Reed, of Princeton, . . . . 3 00 



Amasa Walker, Chairman. 



Fat Cattle. 



The committee on fat cattle having attended to the duty 

 assigned to them, respectfully submit their report : — 



Ten fat oxen and six fat cows were offered this year for pre- 

 miums, and two fat oxen and one fat cow for exhibition. 



The committee, being extremely desirous of doing impartial 

 justice in awarding the few premiums at their disposal, ex- 

 tended their examination of the cattle, and deliberated upon 

 the claims of the different competitors for premiums till they 

 have only time briefly and without comment to state the result 

 of their labors. 



They awarded the first premium of $12 to Harrison Bacon, 

 of Barre, for his red ox, four years old, weighing 2,200 lbs., one- 

 half Durham. 



The second premium of $10 to Pliny P. Gould, of Phillips- 

 ton, for his brown ox, native breed, weighing 2,300 lbs. 



The third premium of $8 to Seth Wyman, of Shrewsbury, 

 for his red ox, native breed, weighing 2,352 lbs., five years old. 



The fourth premium of $5 to Harrison Bacon, of Barre, for 

 his red ox, half Durham, four years old, and weighing 2,160 lbs. 



To Chandler Taft, of Spencer, the first premium of $10 for 

 his fat cow, Durham breed, eighteen years old, weighing 

 1,575 lbs. 



To Jacob W. Watson, of Princeton, the second premium of 

 $6 for his cow, native breed, ten years old, weighing 1,775 lbs. 

 The third premium of $4 to Nathan Rice, of Oakham, for 

 his cow, one-half Durham breed, and weighing 1,380 lbs. 



One ox of Seth Wyman, of Shrewsbury, and one of Charles 

 H. Newton, of Shrewsbury, entered for exhibition merely. 



