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Mr. Greenleaf Dole, of Boxford, exhibited a very fine pair of 

 4 years old Oxen. 



Harrison B. SpofFord exhibited a very fine pair of 4 years old 

 Oxen, but as there were no premiums offered by the Trus- 

 tees for Oxen, your Committee cannot award any. 



There was a pair of 2 years old Steers exhibited by Moses 

 Pettengill, of Topsfield, and a pair of 2 years old Steers by 

 John N. Kent, of Newbury. 



Your Committee are of the opinion that om- Farmers general- 

 ly are not particular enough in mating their Steers, and 

 they regret very much that the farmers do not take more pains 

 in accustoming their Steers to the yoke when young, and train- 

 ing them like the soldier that is put under a drill. If this be 

 done, when come to maturity, they would work with much more 

 ease, and would be more likely to obtain premiums. 

 For the Committee, 



Rowley, Sept. 26th, 1833. 



Solomon Low 



HORSES. 



The Committee on Horses have attended with pleasure to 

 the duties assigned them, and submit the following report: — 



The exhibition of these noble animals has been higiily satis- 

 factory and pleasing. Your Committee regard the Horse, of all 

 animals subdued and domesticated by the hand of man, as the 

 most useful Regarding him as the most intelligent and generous, 

 employed for various and important purposes. He is our great 

 and indispensable ally in war. His share in the culture of the 

 earth, that first of all human concerns in providing for the sus- 

 tenance of man and beast. He is of great importance, and his 

 services in all human transactions branch into an innumerable 

 variety. The number this day presented for examination was 

 eighteen. After mature deliberation, your Committee were of 

 the opinion that the first premium of ten dollars should be award- 

 ed to Mr. Thomas Marshall, of Newburyport for the Black 

 mare 4 years old presented by him. That the second premium 



