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WORKING OXEN. 



The Committee on Working Oxen submit the following 

 Report. 



There were seventeen yokes of oxen reported to ns as 

 competitors. The labor performed by the teams wa3 done 

 in a very creditable manner, and the Committee award the 

 following premiums; 



The first to Nathan B. Reed, of Princeton, for his four- 

 years-old, $7,00 



The second to Samuel Farwell, 2nd5 of Fitchburg, for 



his four-years-old, 6,00 



The third to Lev/is G. Tuttle, of Fitchburg, for his 



seven-years-old, 5,00 



The fourth to Wm. W. Watson, of Princeton, for his 



four-years- old, 4,00 



The fifth to Walter Whitney, of Fitchburg, for his 



seven-years-old, 3,00 



The sixth to Samuel Shattuck, of Fitchburg, for his 



four-years-old, 2,00 



I am directed by the Committee to mention the subject of 

 whipping. They regret to say, that in some instances there 

 was too much of it. The Committee are of the opinion that 

 cattle can be trained to do their work better without the con- 

 stant use of the whip, than with it. They are of the opinion 

 that the greater portion of whipping is done without reflec- 

 tion, and ought to be dispensed with. 



Your Committee would observe that the teams presented 

 for their inspection are unlike some of the teams in all of the 

 political parties of the present day. Although they mani- 

 fested a desire in all their drawings, ha wings, geeings and 

 backings, to be obedient to their masters, yet they did not 

 turn their yokes. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



JOSEPH DAVIS, Chairman. 



