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appreciated by many farmers, which seems strange, when the 

 impovement of our " Beef and Dairy Stock" is of so much 

 importance, and the character of our stock is so quickly 

 changed for the better. Witness, as an example, the difference 

 between the Texan steer of to-day and the same even ten years 

 ago, brought about by the use of fine Durham Bulls from Ken- 

 tucky and other parts of the West. Results quite as favora- 

 ble have been produced upon the dairy stock by the use of the 

 full blood Bulls imported from the best milking stock of Eu- 

 rope. 



It is not necessary to refer one to the Texan cattle alone, 

 who remembers the old fashioned ox of New England with his 

 big head and horns, sharp back, heavy forward and light hind 

 quarters, rump and sirloin nearly half bone, and timber enough 

 in his legs for two. These have almost entirely disappeared, 

 and a still greater improvement will be called for in the imme- 

 diate future by the demand for the best animals in the market 

 to feed the epicure on the other side of the Atlantic. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



J. Z. Gordon, Eldred S. Parker, T. G. Ordway. — Committee. 



statement of francis h. appleton. 



Broadfields Farm, Peabody, 

 Sept. 30, 1879. 



To the Committee on Bulls of the Essex Agricultural Society : — 

 Sirs : — I enter with you my Pure Blood Jersey Bull, " Sun- 

 taug," and have attached his pedigree to his pen. He was 

 dropped May 29, 1878, and was bred by me, and I therefore 

 enter him for the Jersey premium for bulls under two years 

 old. 



I also give you his pedigree below, all numbers there refer- 

 ring to the American Jersey Cattle Club Herd Register, pub- 

 lished by Colonel Geo. E. Waring, Jr., of Newport, R. I. 



His Dam, " Lady Essex," 4749, owned by me, in 1877 

 gave, from 5 13-100 quarts of milk, 1 lb. fresh butter. 



