ESSAY ON HORNED CATTLE. 



BY JOSEPH KITTRIDGE, OF NORTH ANDOVER. 



A person who has attended our Fairs for forty years, 

 and carried in his mind individual animals of excellence, 

 that have been exhibited during that time, asks himself 

 not how much improvement has been made in the horn- 

 ed stock of the County, but whether the stock at this 

 time is equal to that exhibited twenty-five, thirty or 

 more years ago. 



If we take our premium list in its order, "Fat Cattle" 

 come first. Looking back twenty-five years, we call to 

 mind the oxen exhibited by John Marland, of Andover, 

 and Mr. Meiriam, of Tewksbmy, and we must confess 

 they have not been excelled or equalled the past few 

 years, not even by the superior steers of Mr. Todd, of 

 Rowley. When we take the different breeds of Bulls 

 and compare the Ayrshircs, of Mr. Hurd of Ipswich and 

 William Marland of Andover ; the Durhams of Gorham 

 Parsons, of Byfield; Col. Newell of West Newbury; 

 Enoch Silsbee of Bradford, and Josiah Crosby of North 

 Andover, and the Jerseys of Mr. French of Andover, 

 and Mr. Fay, not to mention some of the extraordinary 

 grade bulls, we are obliged to confess that in no single 

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