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and which can be settled only by experiment among farmers, 

 to wit: which is the best stock for Worcester county, the Dur- 

 ham and its admixtures, or the Devon and its admixtures ? 

 Upon this question the committee were equally divided. The 

 result of this division of opinion in the committee, was that 

 the chairman had to decide for the committee in awarding the 

 two first premiums " for bulls of two years old and upwards." 



The chairman, it is well understood by the society, is the 

 mere servant of the committee, whose duty it is to wait on the 

 committee during their examinations, and report their decisions 

 to the society, with this single exception, when the committee 

 is equally divided in opinion, so that it cannot come to a re- 

 sult, the duty of deciding then devolves upon the chairman. 



Through the action of the chairman, the premiums " on 

 bulls of two years and upwards," were awarded as follows : 



To Calvin Sanford, of Barre, for his Durham bull, $10. 

 To Russell A. Davis, of Oxford, for his Devon bull, $8. 

 To Asa Holbrook, of Holden, for his Devon and Durham, $5. 



The entries of bulls under two years old, were as follows : 



Nathaniel Dodge, Sutton, North Devon, one year and three 

 months. 



Ward N. Boylston, Princeton, Devon, one year and four mos. 



Alanson Park, Millbury, half Ayrshire, one year and three 

 months. 



Alpheus Davis, Charlton, half Creampot, one year. 



The committee awarded the premiums under this class as 

 follows : 



To Nathaniel Dodge, Sutton, for his Devon, $8. 



To Alanson Park, Millbury, for his Ayrshire and native, |6. 



To Alpheus Davis, Charlton, for his Creampot and native, 



$4. 



The members of the society cannot fail to perceive that there 

 is great diversity of opinion among the farmers of Worcester 

 county upon the question, which is the best stock of pure blood, 

 or if not pure, how it shall be mixed, for Worcester county ? 

 And all that they can require of a committee is, the exercise 

 of an independent judgment by each individual composing 



