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rest consumed iu the family. Taking the price of those sold, 

 and the market value of those consumed, the lambs of the 

 ten ewes amounted to one hundred and live dollars ($105.00,) 

 making an average of ten and one half dollars (10.50,) for 

 each ewe. Tlie sheep sheared about six pounds each of un- 

 washed wool, which I sold for thirty-seven cents a pound, 

 making the net income from each sheep twelve dollars and 

 seventy-two cents ($12.72.) The sheep were turned to pas- 

 ture about May 25th, and have had no grain since. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Joseph Kittredge, 



No. Andover, Mass. 



Sept. 25th, 1877. 



POULTRY.— FIRST CLASS. 

 The Committee on First-Class Poultry, respectfully submit 

 the following report : 



The number of entries was very small, and with the ex- 

 ception of a few coops, was of a very inferior quality. We 

 find only eleven entries, where a few years ago there were 

 twenty-five or thirty, and these, according to the report of 

 1875, were of the very best quality. 



' We are satisfied that the cause of this is the want of pay- 

 ing sufiicient premiums to pay for running the risk and ex- 

 pense of exhibiting first-class Poultry ; and we also think 

 that if the rules in regard to premiums on Poultry are not 

 changed, in a short time you will not have any "Poultry 

 Show" connected, with your annual exhibition, except a few 

 "mongrels," as was formerly the case. 



You are willing to give two dollars premium on a plate of 

 Grapes, and three dollars on a plate of Apples or Pears, and 

 from ten to twenty-five dollars for a Cow or Bull, and we 

 would ask if good Poultry is not as deserving of high premi- 

 ums as good fruit or beef. 



