ON SWINE. 67 



Durham short horn breed, of first blood and from first rate 

 milking dams. 



His sire Bolivar, sold at public auction, June 16th, 1830, for 

 ^'555 and was resold before going off ihe ground for 595 dol- 

 lars cash. 



His calves are good, several of which 1 am raising. He is 

 good tempered, never having offered to injure person or animal. 

 He has never been grained, or eaten any kind of provender; and 

 has been kept on fresh meadow, and salt hay, in the winter, and 

 common pasturage in the summer, till this season, when he has 

 been kept in the bam, on hay of a poor kind, grass and some 

 corn stalks, he. 



Submitted by your obedient servant, 



Hector Coffin. 



ItocJc Farm, Newbury, Sept. 26th, 1833. 



SWINE. 



The Committee appointed to examine and award premiums 

 on Swine, have attended to the duty assigned them, and would 

 report :— 



That there were but four competitors for premiums on Swine. 

 The quality of the animals exbibited, was on the whole, no bet- 

 ter than ordinary. 



Your Committee would award the first premium of ^5 to 

 Mr. Ralph Dole, of Rowley, for the best boar pig, 5 months old. 



Second premium to Henry Mowatt of Newbury, for a boar 

 pig, 4 months 11 days old, ^'3. 



For the best litter of weaned pigs, five in number and 5 

 months old, your Committee would award the first premium to 

 Uriah Bailey, of West Newbury, $6. 



For the second best do. 5 in number 2 months and 23 days 

 old, belonging to James Stevens, Jr. of Andover, the second 

 premium of ^'3. 



There were exhibited, a fine fatted hog, 16 months old, by 

 Mighill SpofFord, of Rowley, also a barrow pig 5 months old. 



