SHEEP. 41 



DUCKS. 



2J premium to Wm. H. Fuller, Leominster, 2 00 



GRATUITIES. 



Otis Flagg, Westminster, 1 00 



Benj. Snow, Jr., Fitchburg. 1 00 



SHEEP. 



The Committee on Sheep find a great misunderstanding on the part 

 of competitors in this department. The Society offers two premiums 

 for flocks of sheep not less than ten. Some competitors are careful to 

 count out the lambs and offer ten sheep — none younger than yearlings — 

 others select six or eight of their best sheep and make out the number 

 by putting in lambs from three to eight jnonths old. The best two 

 flocks offered for premium were by Mr. George Miles of Westminster, 

 and Mr. James Mclntire of Fitchburg. The former counted in his 

 lambs, to make the number ten, and the latter scrupulously counted his 

 lambs out. This brought the question : " Is a lamb a sheep ?" directly 

 before the Committee. One declares that a lamb is a sheep, while 

 anotherqueries, ''Is a yearling colt a hoi-se. or a heifer calf a cowV^ 



It is not proposed in this report, to discuss this question, but simply 

 to call attention to the matter, hoping that another year the Trustees 

 will remove all chances for future misunderstanding or hard feelings, by 

 making a separate class of premiums for lambs, if only of a few dollars. 



Mr, Miles' sheep were not quite up to the standard to which sonie 

 members of the Committee thought a first premium flock should attain, 

 but he had some nice lambs in his flock, and would doubtless have 

 received the first premium, had the Cou^mittee all agreed to call a lamh 

 a sheep. After discussing the matter for over two hours, we are agreed 

 in recommending the following premiums and gratuities : 



FLOCKS. 



2d premium to James Mclntire, Fitchburg, 

 Gratuity to Geo. Miles, Westminster, 

 Gratuity to John W. Halo, So. Royalston, 



1st premium to Paul M. Mirick. Princeton, 

 2d premium to Geo. Miles, Westminster, 



COSSETS. 



1st premium to J. P. Keed, Princeton, 2 00 



2d premium to Joel Page, Fitchburg, 1 00 



Your Committee also recommend a gratuity to C. W. Gibson, (minor) 



Fitchburg. for cosset sheep, $1.00; and James Mclntire, Fitchburg, 



for cosset, gratuity $1.00. 



ALVIN M. SAWYER, Chairman, 



