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$26, shorts $3, total |29. Fed for three weeks previous to the 

 show, with corn fodder and no hay. 



(Signed) Frank Barker, Supt. 



Mr, Robert P. Brown's statement : I enter one pair Fat 

 Cattle, eight years old, weight 4435, fed on hay and six qts. 

 meal each, per day. They have worked all summer. I have 

 owned them since March 1, 1883. 



(Signed) Robert P. Brown. 



There were also 2 yokes of oxen, entered by H. C. Ware, of 

 Marblehead, one pair of which, we think from the statement, 

 should have come under the care of another committee as an 

 " experiment in fattening cattle," the claim in the statement 

 being for greatest gain of weight within a given time. The cat- 

 tle were not done gaining and if the record is continued, it will 

 be of value. The other pair were not as good as those to 

 which we awarded the premiums, and hence we can only men- 

 tion them as adding to the interest of the Show. We hope the 

 day may be far distant when the fat cattle, the working oxen 

 and the thrifty steers of our farmers, shall cease to be found 

 in goodly numbers, at the annual exhibition of the Essex 

 Agricultural Society. 



Charles J. Peabody, for the committee. 



BULLS. 



The committee award to : — 



D. A. Massey, Danvers, Ayrshire bull over two years old, 

 first premium, $8. 



A. P. Loring, Beverly, Guernsey bull over two years old, 

 first premium, $8. 



George D. Sargent, Lynn, Jersey bull over two years old, 

 first premium, $8. 



