42 BLOOD STOCK. 



BLOOD STOCK. * 



The Committee appointed on this class of animals, consisted of Sara" 

 uel Osgood, J. Gr. Wood, Joel Page, Anan Stockwell and N. C. Day. 

 The two first named gentlemen could not be found, and the other three 

 spent some time in trying to enlist another as good for Chairman, with- 

 out any success, and finally engaged the services of Mr. Foristall of 

 Winchendon, and went to work without a Chairman, and found entered 

 on the Society's book, for premiums, the fine herd of Shorthorns owned 

 by Augustus Whitman of Fitchburg, consisting of one bull and five 

 cows, and as many more for exhibition ; and they make the following 

 awards, f 



Bull and heifer, by Edwin D. Works, as ''thoroughbred," but no 

 pedigree or statement was furnished, and your Committee can only say 

 that they were very fine looking animals. 



AYRSniRES. 



E. T. Miles of Fitchburg, had one bull, four cows and two calves. 



For exhibition, bull, "Comet 2d," by J. W. Gates of Leominster, 

 which would have had justice done him, were it not well known that 

 *' his cup already runneth o'er." 



Cow " Daisy," by Fred B. Harrington of Leominster, without ped- 

 igree or statement. This cow appeared to be a very good dairy cow, 

 but without the distinctive marks of the breed. 



ALDEllNEYS. 



The celebrated herd of John Brooks of Princeton, consisting of one 

 bull, four cows and four heifers. 



By Thomas Gibson of Fitchburg, a fine bull of this breed, which 

 would have been entitled to the second premium, had a pedigree been 

 furnished, and your Committee recommend a gratuity of $3 00 to Mr. 

 Gibson. 



By George E. Towne, one heifer, without pedigree. 



Mr. Wm. H. Fuller of Leominster, exhibited a young bull of this 

 breed, with pedigree, but no entry of him could be found on the book, 

 and no award was made for him. 



Your Committee found entered in their list by J. P. Reed of Prince- 

 ton, one bull, one cow and one calf of the Holderness breed, and a 

 pedigree of them on file. Members of this Society will recollect, that 

 stock under the name of Holderness, from a single town in this county, 

 have been exhibited at their fairs for many years, but your Committee 

 have no knowledge that the Society's highest prizes for blood stock have 

 been claimed for this breed previous to this year. Farmers who were 

 so unfortunate as not to attend the fair this season, but were so fortunate 

 as to obtain a copy of the " Worcester Daily Spy," published the next 

 morning, might have been filled with regrets that they had not availed 

 themselves of the opportunity of attending the show and seeing these 



* This report was received too late to be inserted in its proper place, 

 t For list of premiums, sec i'5th page. 



