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each ; and your Committee Avoiild recommend that in future 

 a special premium be offered for Working Bulls. 



Geo. W. Kussell, Geo. C. Foster, T. H. Balch, James Na- 

 son, Joshua N. Kent — Gommittee. 



TOWN TEAMS. 



The Committee award to the farmers of the town of North 

 Andover, for their team of eighteen yokes oxen, 1st premi- 

 um, $30- 



For Horse team, consisting of seven pairs of horses, 1st 



premium. $30. 



James T. Johnson, Chairman. 



STEERS. 



The exhibition of the well matched and thoroughl}'" broken 

 yearling Hereford steers of Master Byron Faruum, of North 

 Andover, was one of the features of the show, and reflected 

 great credit upon their youthful owner and trainer. We 

 unanimously award him the first premium of $5. Benny and 

 Ralph Farnum, also of North Andover, entered one pair 

 yearlings and one pair steer calves. We award them the 

 second premium of $4 on their yearlings, and recommend that 

 a gratuity of $3 be given to them on their calves. These 

 steer calves were broken to the yoke, were nicely matched, 

 and, in the opinion of the Committee, were Avell worthy of a 

 premium, and it is to them a matter of regret that no premi- 

 um was placed at their disposal. 



"Experience is a hard master, but a good teacher." The 

 farmers of Essex County, after passing through a iavf years 

 of unexampled adversity, are becoming apt scholars, and it is 

 a matter of congratulation that we are fast realizing the fact 

 that the reckless and spendthrift style of the "flush times" is 

 one of the things of the past — that we recognize we are now 



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