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POULTRY, AND EXPERIMENTS IN KEEPING POULTRY. 



Committee. — L. H. Bradford, Fitcbburg; John W. Hill, Gardner; 

 John C. Miller, Westminster ; John Roper, Princeton ; Nathan Up- 

 ham, Fitchburg. 



The Committee on Poultry, and experiments in 

 keeping the same, would respectfully report: 



That the fowls on exhibition to-day, were comprised 

 in some eighteen lots, varying from 6 to 20 in each 

 which, as a whole, were very creditable to the Society, 

 and the occasion which calls us together. We found 

 some difficulty in deciding, as all were so worthy of 

 premiums ; but being obliged to do so on their own 

 merits — not having been advised by the exhibition as 

 was anticipated, in regard to their experience in raising 

 poultry — we have awarded as follows : 



To Benj. SaiTord, of Fitchburg, for best lot of 



turkies, $2,00 



To James Mclntire, of Fitchburg, for second 



best lot of turkies, 1,00 



To J. W. Smith, of Fitchburg, for third best lot 



of turkies, ,50 



To J. W. Smith, of Fitchburg, for 6 best dung- 

 hill fowls, 2,00 



To Benj. SafFord, of Fitchburg, for the 6 second 



best dung-hill fowls, 1,00 



To Addison Howe, of Ashburnham, for third 



best dung-hill fowls, ,50 



To Charles Flagg, of Sterling, for six best 



pullets, 1,00 



To J. W. Smith, of Fitchburg, for bantam, a 



gratuity of ,50 



