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at the time of weighing, will make probably two hundred 

 pounds difference .in the weight of a pair of large oxen. His 

 cattle had a very thrifty appearance, and we hope he will keep 

 them another year, and show that they have continued to gain 

 as fast as they have done since he has had them. 



Committee — William R. Putnam, James T. Carleton, Wm. 

 Foster, George W. Davis, Isaac Carruth. 



STATEMENT OF J. H. REYNOLDS. 



North Andovek, Sept. 23, 1867. 



I present to your notice for premium, one pair of fat oxen, 

 5 years old, purchased by me in Cambridge, the 20th of last 

 June ; they then weighed on North Andover scales, 3710 lbs. 

 Since that date have done all the work on the farm, besides 

 working out some by the day. 



Their feed has been common pasturing, until September 1st, 

 since then, have each had two quarts corn meal, daily ; weight 

 this day, Sept. 23d, on North Andover scales, 4250 lbs. 



BULLS. 



The Committee on Bulls report : — 



They award to Joseph Kittredge, of North Andover, for his 

 Jersey Bull, 1st premium, $10. 



To A. R. Fellows, of Ipswich, for his Jersey Bull, 2d pre- 

 mium, $5. 



To William A. Russell, of Lawrence, for Dutch first pre- 

 mium Bull, in 1866, mileage. 



Committee — George B. Loring, J. Longfellow, Jonas Holt 

 George Cogswell, Stephen Nichols. 

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