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The quality of the animals was very satisfactory, and your 

 committee had no difficulty in arriving at the result of their 

 opinions as to their relative merit. They award premiums as 

 follows, viz. : — 



Bucks. 



1. G. Lawton, Freetown, pure South Down, . . $4 00 



2. J. E. King, Taunton, half Leicester and half native, 3 00 



3. E. J. Sandford, Rehoboth, half Beckwith and half 



native, 2 00 



Ewes. 



1. Job G. Lawton, Freetown, six ewes, . . . 4 00 



2. Jacob Shepherd, Norton, « « . . . 3 00 



3. E. J. Sandford, Rehoboth, " " . . . 2 00 

 And the committee recommend a gratuity to 



Laban Lincoln, of Norton, for a buck, of . . 2 00 



Swine. 



The whole number of swine entered was sixteen, viz. : six 

 boars, nine sows, and one barrow ; and they were all, either in 

 whole or in part, of the Suffolk breed, with the good qualities 

 of which your committee, from what they have seen and heard, 

 are very favorably impressed. 



The committee award the following premiums : — 



Boars. 



1. Edward P. Haskell, of New Bedford, for a very 



handsome Suffolk, $5 00 



2. Hiram J. Hunt, Norton, for a Suffolk, . . . 4 00 



3. James Dickerman, of Easton, . . . . 3 00 



Sows. 



1. Ephraim Allen, of Norton, Suffolk breed, . . 5 00 



2. Edward P. Haskell, of New Bedford, do., . , 4 00 



3. James Dickerman, of Easton, do., . . . 3 00 



The committee recommend a gratuity to — 



Tamerlane Burt, of Berkley, for three pigs, of . . 2 00 



The committee desire to express their gratification at the 

 excellent quality, both of the sheep and the swine presented ; 

 but they regret that the number was not greater. The number 



