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37 entries ; Vegetables, 52 entries ; Counterpanes, &c., 67 

 entries; Articles from Leather, 4 entries; Merchandise, 10 

 entries ; Fancy Work and Works of Art, 184 Entries ; Chil- 

 dren's Work, 23 entries ; Bread, Honey, Preserves, etc., 11 

 entries ; Dairy, 10 entries. 



Chas. p. Preston, Secretary. 



KEPOETS OF COMMITTEES, ETC. 



FAT CATTLE. 



The Committee on Fat Cattle report three pairs of oxen 

 entered for premiums. After careful examination they have 

 awarded the Society's premiums as follows : — 



First premium to C. W. Adams, of Newbury, 112. 



Second premium to Joseph Newell, of West Newbury, ilO. 



Third premium to James H. Reynolds, of North Andover, 

 $6. 



Thomas G. Ordway, George G. Davis, John A. Ellis. — 

 Committee. 



STATEMENT OF JAMES H. REYNOLDS. 



This pair of cattle, fiA'^e years old, which I enter for " Fat 

 Cattle," were bought by me last Spring, measuring 6 feet, 11 

 inches and weighing 3150 pounds. Gave them 4 quarts meal 

 per day during spring work, after which I turned them out to 

 pasture about three weeks ; nothing but grass during that time. 

 Took them to the barn during the month of July, did most of 

 my mowing with them, gave them three quarts of meal besides 

 good hay. Since the first of August have been out to grass, 

 three quarts of meal per day, working them on farm, plough- 

 ing, etc. They now measure 7 feet 5 inches, and weigh, the 



