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Worcester Agricultural Society, North Devon, five years and 

 six months old. 



Silas Bailey, Boylston, seven-eighths Devon and one-eighth 

 Durham, two years old. 



John D. Lovell, West Boylston, three-fourths Devon and one- 

 fourth Durham, four years old. 



Marshall J. Maynard, Northborough, Durham, three years 

 and two months old. 



S. Chadwick, Worcester, three-fourths Durham, five years and 

 three months old. 



Calvin Sanford, Barre, Durham, seven years old. 



Samuel Ellsworth, Barre, Durham, four years old. 



Henry J. Reed, Princeton, seven-eighths Devon, two years old. 



Nathan B. Reed, Boylston, seven-eighths Devon, two years 

 old. 



Andrew March, JVIillbury, seven-eighths Durham, three years 

 old. 



John McLellan, Sutton, one-half Devon, two and a half 

 years old. 



Russell A. Davis, Oxford, half Devon, two years old. 



Asa Holbrook, Holden, half Devon half Durham, three 

 years old. 



The bulls, with two or three exceptions, were all remarkably 

 fine animals of their respective breeds ; and the collection, as 

 a whole, it is believed, greatly surpassed that of any previous 

 exhibition. 



The stock is put down in this report as to the cross, or 

 admixture of blood, as it was found described by the com- 

 petitors. But it is well known to those at all acquainted with 

 the Devon stock, that it is remarkable for transmitting its own 

 character ; so that the description on some of the cards, " half 

 Devon and half native " did not describe the appearance of the 

 stock with any degree of accuracy; inasmuch as some of the 

 animals marked in this way were almost exclusively Devon in 

 their characteristics. And the same variations existed, though 

 in less degree, with the Durhams and their admixtures. 



The Durhams were remarkably fine animals, and so were 

 the Devons, and to decide between them, necessarily raised a 

 question in the committee, which is of the highest importance, 



