66 ON SWINE. 



SWINE. 



The entries for premium, this year, have been more numer- 

 ous than in years past, — a fine exhibition of pigs and porkers 

 has been made in Old Essex. There was diversity of size, 

 not to say of form and feature, and the musical sounds from 

 the various enclosures, were of every variety of intonation, 

 from the shrill squeal of early infancy, to the grum grunt of ma- 

 ture hoghood ; and your Committee feel that they would do 

 marked injustice to the Swinish judgment of the competitors 

 for the premiums, should they speak in other than terms of 

 praise of all the delegates from hogdom, to which they were 

 introduced. 



There were seven boars offered for premium, all of which 

 were very fine animals, to any two of which the committee 

 would cheerfully have awarded the prizes of the Society, had 

 not others of superior qualities, in their judgment, been offered. 



The Committee award to Ezra B. Welch, of Haverhill, the 

 first premium, for the best boar, of ^5 00 



To Charles Rowell, of Salisbury, the second premium, 



of 3 00 



E. Chase, of Amesbury ; Josiah Crosby, of Andover ; Ben- 

 jamin Atkinson, of Amesbury ; and F. Boyden, of Topsfield, 

 each presented fine specimens of boars, — and your Committee 

 believe that animals of less worth have not unfrequently, here- 

 tofore, received the prizes of the Society. 



William H. Balch, of Topsfield, presented a boar pig of the 

 Suffolk breed, the most beautiful animal upon the ground, and 

 the Committee regret that they do not have it in their power 

 to award him a premium. 



There were seven breeding sows offered for premiums. 



William G. Lake, of Topsfield, presented three female pigs, 

 for the prizes offered for breeding sows, but your committee, 

 in consideration of their youth, and inexperience in the per- 

 formance of matronly duties, could not seriously consider them 

 competitors for those prizes, and they hope the young females 

 will not take offence at this report. 



