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are prepared to report the result. And ■s\hile the successful can- 

 didates for these honors receive the congratulations of their friends 

 and fellow laborers in this Association, we trust that those who, 

 fired by commendable emulation, have striven in vain to win the 

 highest prizes, will not be forgotten and passed lightly by without 

 even a word of encouragement. There was merit in the attempt. 

 They may have deserved success, although they obtained it not. 

 Let them remember the more than stoic philosophy of Jacob 

 Faithftd ; their praiseworthy efforts may be attended with " better 

 luck next time." 



In the mean time we earnestly hope that the unsuccessful can- 

 didates for honors and rewards will not bristle vp, while listening 

 to the award of your Committee, and pronounce their decision 

 f/ammon from beginning to end ; and that this grave and learned 

 assembly will not snort ri(/ht out and denounce the Chairman as a 

 great bore, perhaps of the Hoosac breed, for detaining business 

 men so long with a tale of many twists — 



" told by an idiot, 



Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." 



Without further circumlocution, therefore, your Committee will 

 proceed directly to the business which they were appointed to 

 transact. Not, however, without manifesting their appreciation 

 of the honor which has been conferred upon them on the part of 

 the Trustees, by vesting in their hands a trust of such magnitude 

 and responsibility. 



Your Committee on Swine ask leave to report that tlie whole 

 number of entries \sfour ; and recommend the award of Premiums 

 and Gratuities as follows : 



Bores. — Best Boar not less than six months old, to Bichard 

 Bichardson, of East Medway, first premium, $0.00. 



Second best to Bichard Bichardson, second premium, $4.00. 



Soivs. — Sow not less than six months old, to Solomon Flagg, of 

 West Needham, second premium, $4.00. 



Little Weaned P/</s.— Best litter to A. IT. and E. B. Metcalf, 

 of Franklin, first premium, $6.00. 



Your Committee would also recommend a Gratuity of two dol- 

 lars to Solomon Flagg, of West Needham, for four pigs of the 

 Suffolk and Mackay breed. 



Also a Gratuity of four dollars to W. T. G. Morton, for four pigs 

 of the Sufl[blk and Middlesex breed. 



Y'^our Committee, on some accounts, regret that the number of 

 entries at the Exhibition is so limited, when there is abundance of 

 material in the shape oi livin;/ jwrk of the best qualit}^ in Norfolk 

 County. But it must be obvious to the most obtuse intellect, that 



