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well as any other stock, comparing the prices they now sell for, 

 with those of former years. We hope our worthy farmers in 

 this county will continue to use their exertions in bringing them 

 to greater perfection than we have yet seen, and hope it may 

 stimulate some of them to try their skill, for that noble animal, 

 the horse, is regarded of great importance to the community, and 

 more particularly in this county, where so many are employed in 

 various kinds of business. 

 The number presented to-day for examination was nine. 



Your Committee were of opinion that the first premium, of 

 ^10 should be awarded to Mr. Hazen Ayer, of Danvers, for 

 his light sorrel horse, 5 years old. 



The second premium, of ^'8, to Ezra Batchelder, of Dan- 

 vers, for his dark brown horse, 4 years old. 



The third premium, of ^'6, to Edmund Johnson, of Ando- 

 ver, for his black mare, 4 years old. 



The fourth premium, of $4, to Erastus Ware, of Marble- 

 head, for his dark grey horse, 3 years old. 



ANDREWS BREED, ■) 



JONA. DUSTIN, I 



AMOS SHELDEN, i Committee. 



JERE'H COLMAN, I 



M. BRIDGES, J 

 Sept. 30, 1835. 



No. XII. ON FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 



The Committee on Fruits and Flowers, believing it to be the 

 principal object of the society in the appointment of such a 

 committee, to obtain for publication a Report which might con- 

 vey valuable information to the farmers in the county, have to 

 regret that the show at Danvers, although as good as could have 

 been expected, considering the novelty and lateness of the call 



