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are now in good condition for labor. What their condition was 

 two years ago, or how mnch they have increased in weight dur- 

 ing that time, we did not ascertain ; as at the time of examin- 

 ation no one was in attendance to give any information on 

 those points, and the written statement does not furnish it. 



One ox, by William Williams, of Rowley. A statement ac- 

 companying the entry describes the manner of feeding, &c., for 

 three years. This ox like the last pair, was in good working 

 order, and was entered with his mate for working oxen. 



One pair by Josiah Low, Essex. The same pair were also 

 entered as working cattle. No statement in writing or other- 

 wise came to the Committee, of the amount of labor they had 

 performed or how they had been fed. They were large cattle 

 and in the opinion of the Committee should be improved in 

 flesh before they are slaughtered. 



One pair by Philip K. Rogers, of Byfield. No statement in 

 writing was put in by the claimant; but we ascertained from 

 him that he purchased the cattle about two months since for 

 slaughter, and the weather being warm, he had kept them to 

 this time. 



They had run in an old pasture and had been fed once a day 

 with barn grass, cut daily. They were now in about the same 

 condition as when he purchased them. 



The Committee consider them as good grass fed cattle for a 

 dry season; and if the rules of the society permit of premiums 

 being awarded to the owners of cattle purchased as above 

 stated, we would award for the red ox the second premium of 

 eight dollars. 



In behlf of the Committee. 



MOSES NEWELL. 



Ipswich, Sept. 24, 1845. 



TRISTRABI BROWNS STATEMENT. 



To the Commiltee on Fat Cattle : 



Gentlemen, — I present for premium my yoke of fat oxen, seven 

 years old, which have done the work on my farm of one hundred 



