REPOHTS, &c. 



OF COMMITTEE TO AWARD THE PREMI- 

 UMS OFFERED BY THE STATE SOCIETY. 



The Committee on Animals offered for the State 

 Society's Premiums, Report : 



By the liberality of the Massachusetts Society for 

 the promotion of agriculture, our society were ena- 

 bled to offer one hundred dollars to be awarded in 

 premiums for working oxen, bulls, milch cows, and 

 heifers, and the claimants were not confined to our 

 own county. But Essex being at the extremity of 

 the commonwealth, there was but little competition 

 from other counties. Mr. Horatio C. Merriam, of 

 Tewksbury, in the county of Middlesex, presented 

 some superior animals, which contributed greatly to 

 the interest of the show. 



The committee were assisted in their examination 

 and award by Mr. Henry Codman, deputed by the 

 State Society. Eighteen pairs of working oxen were 

 entered, some of which, however, were not shown 

 by their owners, A fair trial of the strength and 

 docility of the oxen was made, and it is not strange 

 that the committee should have found it difficult to 

 give a preference among so many fine cattle; they, 

 however, determined to award. 



For working Oxen, 

 To Dr. Joseph Kittredge, of Andover, the 



first premium of ... $12 00 



