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There were 14 Teams reported as competitors, all of 

 which were upon the ground, but two; also, there was 

 one yoke of 6 years old cattle belonging to the Town of 

 Fitchburg, which were entered, simply for trial, and 

 not for premium. 



The Committee would say that all the Teams per- 

 formed their task remarkably well ; and had they it in 

 their power, they would have awarded premiums to all ; 

 but are sorry to say they have no such power ; and have 

 to discriminate between the several teams, as hard as it 

 is to make such discrimination ; and in awarding tho 

 following premiums, they are not fully satisfied that 

 they have not omitted to award premiums to some who 

 are as much entitled to them as those to whom they 

 have awarded them. 



To Joel Page, of Fitchburg, the 1st premium of $ 7,00 

 To N. B. Reed, of Princeton, the 2d premium of 6,00 

 To H. Boyles, of Princeton, the 3d premium of 5,00 

 To Josiah Page, of Westminster, the 4th pr'm of 4,00 

 To S. F. Towne, of Westminster, the 5th pr'm of 3,00 

 To J. P. Reed, of Princeton, the 6th premium of 2,00 



The Committee would observe that the yoke of oxen 

 entered by the town of Fitchburg for exhibition, is 

 worthy of their especial notice; and would have been 

 entitled to a premium, had they not been entered for 

 exhibition alone. The manner in which they drew and 

 backed their load, bespeaks the good training they had 

 received. 



I am directed by the Committee to say, that in their 

 opinion the load of 4000 lbs. is too large, especially for 



