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Your Committee would respectfully recommend that the 

 premium on Poultry be as follows : First premium five dol- 

 lars, ($5.00;) second, ^/iree dollars, ($3.00;) and third pre- 

 mium owe dollar, ($1.00;) and we would also recommend 

 that the present "American Standard of Excellence" be 

 adopted as a guide for the judges, and that birds scoring less 

 than eighty points, shall not be entitled to first premiums. 



Of the coops entered this year, Chas. P. Jacobs, of Pea- 

 body, had a very fine trio of Light Brahmas, and CO. Put- 

 nam, of Danvers, had some good Black Cochins. The fol- 

 lowing premiums and gratuities were awarded : 



Light Brahmas, — C. W. Mann, Methuen, gratuity, 50 cts. 



Light Brahmas, Chicks, — C. P. Jacobs, Peabody, first pre- 

 mium, $2. 



Dark Brahmas, — Frank J. Bradley, Methuen, gratuity, $1. 



Black Cochins, — C. O. Putnam, Danvers, first premium, $2. 



Black Cochins, Chicks, — C. O. Putnam, Danvers, second 

 premium, $1 ; gratuity, $1. 



Pekin Ducks, — C. W. Mann, Methuen, first premium, $2 ; 

 second premium, $1. 



Aylesbury Ducks — M. W. Keyes, Methuen, first premium, 

 $2.00. 



Committee — W. M. Ward, Jasper Rea, John Swinerton. 



POULTRY— SECOND CLASS. 



The Committee award : — 



Brown Leghorn Chickens — George J. Johnson, Rowley, 

 first premium, $2; M. C. Andrews, Andover, do., second 

 premium, $1 ; L. F. Weston, I^iiivcrs, gratuity, $1 ; Frank 

 J. Bradly, Methuen, do., gratuity, 50 cents. 



White Leghorn Chicks — Frank J. Bradly, Methuen, first 

 premium, $2. 



Plymouth Rock — Frank J. Bradly, Methuen, gratuity, $1. 



