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fattened near our large cities by scavengers, distillers and 

 butchers is indeed " unclean " and unfit for use by Gentile or 

 Jew. Whatever wholesome food is given to hogs, the quantity 

 should not be stinted, for " feed not breed " is a porcellian 

 maxim. In the days when our land was cursed with slavery, 

 CufFee came into his cabin one cold night, almost frozen, and 

 began to enjoy a roaring fire. Soon his wife exclaimed : 

 *' CufFee, isn't your feet a burnin ? " 'Taint my feet," was the 

 laconic reply, " they'se massas ! " This philosophical reason- 

 ing can be applied to feeding hogs. When a hog eats, he 

 doesn't eat for himself but for his owner, turning that individ- 

 ual's meal or potatoes into pork. 



Ben: Perley Poore — Chairman. 



POULTRY. 



The Committee on Poultry would submit the following 

 report : — 



They award to E. S. Tappan, of Haverhill, for the best 

 show of Poultry, $5. 



To J. Pillsbury, of Georgetown, for Black Spanish Fowls, $2. 



To J. Pillsbury, of Georgetown, for Fancy Pigeons, $5. 



To P. T. Winkley, Jr., of Newburyport, for coop of half- 

 blood Brahma Hens, $2. 



To P. T. Winkley, Jr., of Newburyport, for coop of red 

 English Fowls, $1. 



To T. H. Cutter, of Newburyport, for coop of Spanish 

 Fowls, $i. 



To S. A. Magoon, of Haverhill, for Silver Spangled Po- 

 lands, $1. 



To J. R. Chapman, of Beverly, for Silver Spangled Ham- 

 burgs, $1. 



