ON ANIMALS BULLS. 39 



Ist premium to John Broklebank, of Rowley, - - ^10 

 2d premium to Joseph G. Dummer, of Newbury, - 8 

 3d premium to Amos Shelden, of Beverly, - - - 6 

 Respectfully submitted by 



Amos Kimball, for the Committee. 

 Rowley, Sept. 25, 1S34. 



No. VII. ON ANIMALS— BULLS. 



The Committee on the examination of Bulls, beg leave to 

 Report : 



That they have attended to that duty, and find twelve bulls 

 regularly entered for premium, also one bull calf for exhibition 

 only, and after close examination and discrimination to the best 

 of their judgment, they have awarded to Abraham Balch, of 

 Topsfield, for his dark red bull, 2 years and 6 months old, the 

 1st premium of $10 00 



Gideon Currier, of Newbury, for his red bull, the second pre- 

 mium of $5 00 



Luke L. Dole, of New Rowley, presented for exhibition a bull 

 calf of native breed, 6 months and 6 days old, of a dark red color, 

 fine form, gentle temper and weighing 505 lbs. This calf had 

 sucked from his birth. To encourage the raising and the patriot- 

 ism of showing such elegant animals, we think Mr. Dole entitled 

 to the thanks of the community and to a gratuity from the Soci- 

 ety, of $2 00 



The Bulls offered were of a quality generally to do honor to 

 their breeders and benefit to their race, and they would most 

 cheerfully have bestowed more premiums had the Society gran- 

 ted them. 



The Bull is one of the most important animals to the farmer, 

 and great discrimination and judgment should be used in his 

 selection either for the draft or the dairy. For the dairy it is a 

 most important point his maternal ancestors should be great and 

 rich milkers, and his paternal ancestors out of stock known to 

 possess these qualities in great perfection ; and no Bull calves 



