44 ON WORKING CATTLE. 



REPORT ON WORKING OXEN AND STEERS. 



Committee, — Daniel Adams, Jr., Newbury, Nath'l. 

 Felton, Danvers, Stephen Barker, xlndover, [Ira Wor- 

 cester, Ipswich, Perley Tapley, Danvers. 



The Committee appointed to award premiums for 

 working Oxen and Steers, have attended to that duty 

 and Report : 



That the exhibition of working oxen was unusually 

 large. Thirty pair of oxen, four years old and upwards, 

 were entered for premium, twenty-six of which appear- 

 ed on the ground and were examined by your committee, 

 and their strength and training tested by drawing and 

 backing a loaded wagon weighing 6800 pounds. Most 

 of the cattle performed their task in drawing much to 

 the satisfaction of the committee, but several yoke were 

 very deficient in backing, a very important part, as the 

 committee believe, in the training of cattle. The com- 

 mittee, however, are fully of the opinion that, taking in- 

 to consideration the large number of cattle on the ground, 

 they performed as well, if not better, than at any 

 former exhibition. A number of pair, perhaps a majori- 

 ty, were well trained in every respect, and performed 

 their work with apparent ease; and your committee re- 

 gret that they w^ere limited to only three premiums, as 

 they would have been much gratified had it been in their 

 power to have awarded several others on this occasion, 

 but limited as they are to only three, after much con- 

 sideration they unanimously award the premiums as fol- 

 lows, viz: 



The first premium of $10 to Ebenezer Jenkins, of 

 Andover, for his six years old red oxen. 



The second premium of ^7 to Andrew F. Curtis, of 

 Middleton, for his four years old oxen. 



The third premium of f 5 to Perley Tapley, of Dan- 

 vers, for his five years old oxen. 



Your committee unanimously recommend that a gra- 

 tuity of $2 each be awarded to Ralph PI. Chandler, of 

 Andover, A. P. Swinerton, of Danvers, and Charles Fos- 



