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. POULTRY— SECOND CLASS. 



The Committee award as follows : — 



Plymouth llock Fowls— S. F. Chase, West Newbury, tirst 

 premium, $3 ; L. F. Weston, Danvers, 2d premium, $1.50. 

 Chicks— S. F. Chase, West Newbury, lirst premium, $3 ; S. 

 F. Chase, West Newbury, second premium, $1.50. 



White Leghorn Fowls— F. J. Bradley, Methuen, first pre- 

 mium, $3. Brown Leghorn— F. J. Bradley, Methuen, sec- 

 ond premium, $1.50. Chicks— G. J. Johnson, Rowley, first 

 premium, $3; E. H. Barnard, Andover, second premium, 

 $1.50. 



Silver Poland Chicks— Geo. Riley, No. Andover, first pre- 

 mium, $3. 



B. B. Red Game Bantam Fowls— E. E. Smith, Haverhill, 

 first premium, $3. Chicks— H. W^ Field, North Andover, 

 first premium, $3. 



The Committee would, in addition to their report of Award 

 of Premiums, beg leave to submit for your consideration, the 

 following : — 



That, as the success of all eftbrt to establish the Fair and 

 Cattle Show of Essex County, in the front rank of county 

 fairs, has been due in the past to the advanced ground taken 

 bv the trustees, in ofFerins: jjenerous premiums, and adopting 



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new rules in regard to exhibitions, in conformity with the re- 

 quirements of the times, and as the desideratum of these 

 fakirs is the improvement of all agricultural pursuits ; and, as 

 the poultry business of the whole country has undergone a 

 very marked change within a period of ten years, — almost 

 destroying the value of the rules laid down by the society, for 

 judging poultrj', — your Committee would recommend that 

 a change be made in the manner of Award of Premiums, for 

 the followins: reasons : — 



1st. The breeding of fowls for purity of blood and excel- 

 lence of points — as is the case in herds of Jersey, Ayrshire, 

 and other cattle, — has become a business of consideral)le im- 

 portance, as is illustrated by the very remunerative prices 

 paid for fancy fowls, scoring 90 to 95 points in a possible 100. 

 We shall see, by giving a moment's thought to the subject. 



