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First, as to loorking oxen; is there any reason to be- 

 lieve that better animals for these purposes can be found, 

 than are those of our native beed ? I have never seen 

 any oxen superior for hibor to the best specimens of those 

 raised in the county of Worcester. I speak of this coun- 

 ty with emphasis, because much more attention is there 

 paid to the rearing and training of these animals, than 

 in Essex. Their steers (particularly in the town of Sut- 

 ton,) are made to know and take their places with as 

 much regularity as boys at school. Many fine spe- 

 cimens of animals well trained have been exhibited from 

 Andover, Haverhill, and other towns; and without doubt, 

 such can be found in almost every town in this and other 

 counties ; but in none in such perfection and abundance 

 as in some of the towns about Worcester. 



In proof of the opinion expressed of the superiority of 

 our cattle for labor, may I not refer to the numerous teams 

 that have competed in our ploughing-matches in years 

 past, varying h'om thirty to jiftij in a year ? When has 

 it happened that one of our first premiums — I may almost 

 say any of our premiums — have been obtained by oxen, 

 other than our own native breed ? Or when has it been 

 known in this county or elsewhere, that premiums for 

 best working oxen have been awarded to others, when 

 our own were admitted as competitors? I am not aware 

 that this point has ever been considered in making these 

 awards. This does not in any manner weaken the force 

 of the argument. The inference I think is, that had they 

 been actually superior, some of those shrewd practical 

 men who have contended for premiums, and who know 

 how to manage these things to the best advantage, would 

 have been likely to have discovered it. I think also, 

 they would ere this have bee*n more generally used. I 

 therefore, think, that their superiority is not proved by 

 their ivorks. On the contrary, that our native breed are 

 decidedly preferable for labor to any others that I have 

 seen. 



How is it in regard to milch cows, for dairy purposes ? 

 An animal which when viewed in all her relations is not 

 second in importance to any other. In regard to these, 



