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WORKING OXEN. 



The Commiitee on Working Oxen Report : 



Twenty-one pairs of oxen entered, only fourteen of which 

 appeared to compete for the premiums offered by the So- 

 ciety. 



The power and training of the oxen were tested with a 

 load of stone weighing forty-one hundred pounds loaded on 

 an ox-wagon, which would probably weigh about 24 hun- 

 dred. 



The oxen generally appeared to have been well trained, 

 and also well fed, and it was with some difficulty that the 

 Committee arrived at a conclusion how^ the premiums should 

 be awarded, as many of the largest, handsomest and most 

 powerful oxen were deficient abacking the load, and alto- 

 gether inferior in that essential qualification as good work- 

 ers to the smaller oxen. After mature deliberation the 

 Committee came to the conclusion to award. 

 To Samuel Jenkings, of Bradford, the first premium of 



^10 00 



For his four year old oxen which in the judgment of the 

 Committee would not weigh more than 24 hundred and 

 evinced uncommon power and good training. 

 To Richard S. Bray of Newbury, the second premium of 



8 00 

 To Charles M. Davis, of Byfield, the third premium of 6 00 

 To Robert Jewett, of Byfield, the fourth premium of 4 00 



D. S. Caldwell, Chairman, 



STEERS. 



The Committee were gratified to find so many good 

 steers in the pens, and regret that there were not more pre- 



