NORFOLK SOCIETY. 



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Bulls. 

 The committee on bulls report the following award of pre- 



miums : 

 Devons. 



u 



Durhams.* 



u 



Ayrshires. 



u 



Grades. 



ii 



Natives. 



a 



Bull calves. 



1. B. V. French, of Braintree, 



2. Franklin King, of Dorchester, . 



1. Samuel J. Capen, of " 



2. Edward King, " " 

 Certificate to S. J. Capen, of Dorchester 

 1. Curtis Stone, of Wrentham, 



1. Ezekiel Peabody, of Needham, . 



2. J. S. Beal, of Quincy, 



1. C. S. Hammond, of Medfield, . 



2. B. N. Sawin, of Dover, 

 1. J. H. Robinson, of Dorchester, . 

 Gratuity to Aaron D. Weld, of West 



Roxbury, ...... 



2 00 



The chairman of the committee on bulls, not being able to 

 meet with his fellow members of that committee, to submit to 

 their inspection the portion of the report that follows, and 

 being ignorant, therefore, how far it would meet their approba- 

 tion, begs leave to present the views that follow as simply his 

 own opinions, founded on many years of experience in the 

 breeding and management of neat cattle. 



If the use of a bull be merely to keep up a succession of 

 fresh milk cows in a stable, it matters little whether the animal 

 be good, bad or indifferent, so long as he is sure. But if the 

 object be to rear the calves, and thus to obtain superior milch 

 cows and working oxen, it is of the utmost importance that 

 the selection of the bull be a wise one. Holding these views, 

 the undersigned submits to the farmers of the county, whether 

 the use of grade and native bulls is not, at the least, inju- 

 dicious. 



The Devon, the Durham, the Ayrshire and the Jersey bulls, 

 are valuable, not because they come of importations from 

 across sea, nor because they cost and command a large price ; 



* The committee have called the bull of Mr. Capen, which is, in fact, three-fourths 

 Durham and one-fourth Holstein, a Durham ; from the fact that the Holsteins are 

 by many set down, as the origin of the Durhams. 



