REPORTS, &c. 



ON SWINE. 



The entries this year have been as follows: — "Mr. 

 Joseph Andrews, of Essex, presented his Boar, part 

 Berkshire, 5 1-2 months old, weighing 190 lbs. This 

 young porker is a very fine animal, very corpulent and 

 very round shouldered, — qualities which would be con- 

 sidered deformities in other young gentlemen, but which 

 are essential to a pig's perfection. He appeared in 

 thriving condition, and had the advantage of the animal 

 offered by Mr. Williams in being one month his senior. 

 The Committee award Mr. Andrews the first premium 

 of $5 00 



Mr. Paul D. Hatch, of Hamilton, introduced the Com- 

 mittee to a matronly sow, only a year old last May, who 

 had with her eleven of her children. The Committee 

 did not inquire after the rest of the family, but those 

 present were a thriving company of young grunters, 

 and gave much credit to their mother for the excellent 

 manner in which she has performed her maternal duties, 

 she having reared this large family from the cradle to 

 the present time without the assistance of nurse or 'help' 

 of any kind. The Committee had some difficulty in de- 

 ciding between this matron and one of the sows offered 

 by Mr. Williams, but they felt bound to consider in 

 their award the best breeding qualities, and as our 

 Hamilton friend beat her Byfield competitor by a clear 

 constitutional majority of four pigs, they have awarded 

 to her the second premium of $3 00 



