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whlcli I now enter for premium, accompanied by her pigs. The 

 sow is a cross of the Suffolk, Mackay and Byfield. 



Age — The sow was two years old the 15th of last April. 



Number of pigs, 43. Seven when she was seven months old ; ten 

 when twelve months old ; nine when seventeen months old. These 

 last were on exhibition at Lawrence, last year. On the 25th of 

 last March she had eight pigs, which I sold when six weeks old for 

 $30.50. The pigs now with the sow are five weeks old, nine in 

 number. 



In the summer, when she does not suckle, I feed her principally 

 on grass and weeds ; in the winter on apples and pumpkins. When 

 suckling, I give her shorts and Indian meal, about equal parts, 

 stirred up with water. 



Haverhill, Sept. 26, 1855. 



BUTTER AND BBEAD. 



There were ten specimens of Butter presented for premium, — a 

 portion of them, however, did not come within the rules of the so- 

 ciety. Some specimens were not attended with a statement of the 

 manner and process of making, others did not contain the quantity 

 required. Some of the butter was of a good quality, but the 

 larger portion was not of that decidedly superior quality which the 

 committee were hoping to see, and not so good as has been present- 

 ed some previous years. 



The committee recommend that the first premium, of $7.00, be 

 awarded to Samuel Carlton, of Haverhill. 



The second premium, of $6.00, to Perley Ordway, of West 

 Newbury. 



The third premium, of $5.00, to Mrs. Nancy S. Holt, of Hav- 

 erhill Town Farm. 



The fourth premium, of $4.00, to Charles Nelson, of George- 

 town. 



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