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tliat breed. To be sure as Virgil (whom we like to quote,) says of 

 the culture of bees, 



" Iq tenui labor, at tenuis non gloria, si quem 

 Namina liKva sinunt, auditque vocatus Apollo." 



which our aforesaid Committee-man, the old pedagogue, interprets 

 to mean 



" A toil on trifles, yet no trifling gains, 



If heaven assist and Phcebus help our pains." 



In conclusion, your Committee recommend an entire change in 

 the method of premiums in this department of the Society's exhibi- 

 tion. At present, the money awarded is in the shape of gratuities, 

 rather than of distinct premiums, and we advise that it should take 

 the form of the latter, and that distinct sums should be awarded 

 for the best and second best specimens of distinct varieties, and 

 that special pains should be taken to bring out the best possible 

 specimens of the native stocks, and specimens of that stock crossed 

 on some of the foreign and fancy stocks. We certainly think that 

 this course, if adopted, will be productive of good results. 



The Committee here close, although their report has by no means 

 exhausted the fertile subject which they have discussed. What 

 they have written, and a great deal more that they might have 

 written, both original and in the way of quotation ! is most respect- 

 fully submitted. 



HENRY K. OLIVER, Chairman. 



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FAT CATTLE. 



The Committee on Fat Cattle respectfully report : 



The show of large and fat Cattle was particularly fine, and in 

 the opinion of your Committee, oftentimes the highest premium has 

 been awarded to Cattle inferior to some that have not received any 

 premium to-day. 



There were nine pairs entered. One pair, entered by Mary Put- 

 nam, were not found by your Committee. 



A pair of four year old Steers, exhibited by S. S. Valpey of, 



