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three animals, which one might be led to believe from reading that 

 paper, were so far superior to all other breeds for dairy purposes ; and 

 your Committee may have violated the rules of the Society in not 

 awarding premiums to Mr. Reed for them, but the reason why they did 

 not, was because they were unanimous in the opinion that no such breed 

 pure exists. If there is any such breed of cattle, possessing superior 

 dairy qualities, owned in the town of Princeton, have they been spread 

 beyond the borders of that town ? Was there ever any such breed of 

 catile anywhere? If so, where can any history or description of them 

 be i'.)und ? Youatt, in describing more than twenty-five breeds, or dif- 

 ferent families of breeds belonging to Great Britain, gives no history or 

 description of any such breed as the Holderness. Loudon says in des- 

 cribing the different families of short horned cattle, page 964 : " Thus 

 difJIn-ent families of this race are distinguished by the name of the Hol- 

 derness, the Teeswater, the Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland and 

 other breeds." 



The presumption is, that this Princeton stock was named after the 

 short horned or Teeswater bull, by the name of Holderness, imported 

 into this country from a place in England of the same name, many 

 years ago. This bull, without doubt, was a fine animal, and improved 

 the stock of his time, which was so long ago, that if every one of his 

 lineal descendants now living should, by accident or otherwise, lose 

 every drop of Ms blood in their veins, their lives would not he endan- 

 gered, their fame degraded, or their qualities impaired. 



That there was no other animals of pure breed entered for premium, 

 except the Burmese bull and heifer belonging to Benjamin Snow, Jr., 

 of Fitchburg, which the Secretary says were entered " too late ;" but 

 an award of S5.00 is recommended to Mr. Snow for them, as rare curi- 

 ositi.^s, trusting that for the next exhibition he will see that they are 

 well done, and entitled to premium. 



Submitted as report of 



N. C. DAY, 



A. STOCKWELL, 



JOEL PAGE. 



STOCK FOPv EXHIBITION. 



The Committee on Stock for Exhibition, found the following ani- 

 mai-; assigned to them : 



Sis full blood and seven grade Durhams, entered by Augustus Whit- 

 man of Fitchburg ; one grade Durham cow and heifer, entered by Abel 

 F. Adams of Fitchburg, and one full blood Ayrshire bull, '* Comet 

 2d,' entered by J. W. Gates of Leominster. 



Tile Committee were ghd to find that it is not in all cases the offer 

 of premiums which is the inducement requisite to bring out a show of 



