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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, &o. 



FAT CATTLE. 



We, the Committee on Fat Cattle, have attended to our duty 

 and have awarded, to the best of our judgment, first premium 

 of $12.00 to Mr. Amos C. Hathaway of Marblehead ; second, 

 $10.00, to Mr. Henry Gardner of Peabody ; and third, to 

 Town of Peabody, $6.00. 



J. B. Thomas, A. T. Newhall, Joseph C. Shepherd, T. W. 

 Hasseltine — Committee. 



BULLS. 



The Committee award the first premium of $10, for the best 

 Ayrshire Bull under two years of age, to S. F. Newman, of 

 Newbury. 



Second premium of $6, for a Jersey Bull under two years 

 old to Francis H. Appleton of Peabody. 



Second premium of $6, for an Ayrshire Bull, two years and 

 upwards, to J. W. Blodgett, of Saugus. 



J. P. Palmer, Swampscott, Jersey, gratuity $5. 



The number of Bulls on exhibition was very small (about 

 half a dozen), and of these none of very decided merit. 

 Whether the reason of the meagre show of Bulls was the lo- 

 cation of exhibition in the extreme edge of the County, or the 

 amount of the premiums offered, is more than we can tell. 

 But this your Committee know, there are some splendid ani- 

 mals in the northern part of the County that did not appear 

 at the exhibition. 



The importance of using bulls of decided merit is not fully 



