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Heifers. — William Whiting, one ; J. P. jNIaynard, one ; John 



Cawley, two ; Eben Wight, one ; Francis Marsh, three ; Eliphalet 

 Stone, one ; Thos. Barrows, one ; Francis Alden, three ; John 

 Conners, one ; M. P. Sumner, one ; Henry Cormerais, two ; 13. 

 M, Farrington, three ; Wm. Fales, one. Bulls. — John Cawley, 

 one ; Wm. Fales, one ; Jesse Farrington, one. All the exhibitors 

 of this stock reside in Dedham. 



Among the animals above named which deserve special notice, 

 are the two heifers of Henry Cormerais. Their appearance indi- 

 cates much of the Jersey blood — they would be taken as extra 

 specimens of the half-bloods of that breed. This appearance is 

 partly accounted for by the fact that their dams were grade Jer- 

 seys, which, with the one-half of that blood in the sire, has given 

 the strong impress alluded to in the progeny. These heifers are 

 not only very handsome, but their points give them a high rank 

 for dairy purposes. The heifers of E. Stone and Wm. Whiting 

 are of good size, thrifty, and in every respect promising. One of 

 John Cawley's heifers is three-fourths of the blood of the James- 

 town bull — that is, both she and her dam were got by him. She 

 is rather small — which may be owing to poor keeping — but her 

 points would place her high in the scale of merit. The yearling of 

 Francis Alden, and the two-year-old of Wm. Fales, are commended. 

 Luther Eaton, of Dedham, exhibited a two-year-old heifer which 

 had reared a calf. She appeared to be a good milker. The 

 Committee were not advised as to her blood. 



Of the bulls of the Jamestown stock, there were none on which 

 the Committee could bestow very high praise. That of Jesse 

 Farrington had clean limbs, a fine tail, and tolerably elastic, but 

 too thin skin, which however was of a good, yellow color ; but he 

 was too narrow across the loins, and had too much laxness of frame 

 and tissue to possess the requisite constitution. And here we 

 may remark, that there appears to be a tendency in the so-called 

 Jamestown stock to run into coarseness of frame, with a want of 

 that degree of firmness in the system necessary to give strength 

 and hardihood, — qualities so important to the stability of a breed 

 and its ultimate profit. If the stock is to be perpetuated to ad- 

 vantage, it will be necessary to select those which are as free as 

 possible from the defects mentioned, both in regard to themselves 

 and their ancestors. 



Most of the Jamestown stock exhibited, was, like the sire, with- 

 out horns. Mr. Cormerais' heifers and one or two others, had 

 good horns. 



SANFORD HOWARD, 

 JOHN H. ROBINSON, 

 ASAHEL S. DRAKE. 



DedJiam, Dec. 1, 18G0. 



