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broken to the yoke, and the Committee award them the first 

 premium of $8. 



There was a good exhibition of two year old steers, — five 

 entries. Ben: Perley Poore, of West Newbury, entered a fine 

 pair of large Durhams " for exhibition only," for which the 

 Committee would have gladly given a premium, had they been 

 entered for that pm-pose. It is often said by common farmers 

 that it is of no use for them to take their stock to the Show, as 

 the " fancy" farmers with their blooded stock are sure to take 

 all the premiums ; but this remark cannot apply to Mr. Poore, 

 who generously contributes to the success of the Fair with the 

 request that no premiums be given to his stock. Besides 

 these steers he had several other animals on exhibition, which 

 were a credit to the Society as well as to their owner. These 

 animals were all of large size and in color nearly white, and 

 reminded us of the first Cattle Show we attended when a boy, 

 for to us one of the greatest wonders of that show was a 

 monstrous white animal from " Indian Hill" farm, probably 

 the ancestor of the cattle on exhibition from the same farm 

 tliis year. Moses T. Stevens, of North Andover, exhibited a 

 pair of two year olds, weighing 2450 pounds. These steers 

 were twins, well matched and broken to the yoke, and the 

 Committee unanimously award them the first premium of $6. 

 The second premium of $5 we award to Byron K. Farnum, of 

 North Andover for a pair of twin steers, which were perfectly 

 handy either with or without the yolcc. A pair of steers were 

 shown by James Davis of East Haverhill, and we regret that 

 there were no more premiums at our disposal, for it is seldom 

 that so fine a pair of steers are exhibited at our Fairs without 

 receiving a premium. These steers were also twins and 

 weighed 1950 pounds, and in the judgment of the Committee 

 there was but slight difference between them and the pair 

 which received the second premium. We also noticed a pair 

 of two year olds exhibited by E. F. Austin and labelled 

 Devons. Possibly some of their remote ancestors belonged 

 to the Devon breed, but had they not been labelled, the Com- 



