50 



trained to start and stop at the word, as much lime and 



hard lifting would be saved thereby ; three men might work 



half an hour to regain what was lost by a single step too 



far. And in the hay field we have seen men carrying hay 



on the fork three or four rods for want of a pair of oxen that 



were entirely under the control of the driver, thus wasting 



his own time as well as that of the loader and the man who 



rakes after. Perhaps by these delays a load of hay is caught 



in a shower, and a dollar or more is expended in re-drying 



it, and there is also a depreciation in vahie of from one to 



three dollars in a ton. These cases, and such as these^ might 



be multiplied (from one end of the year to the other;) and 



yet many of our farmers seem to think that twenty-five or 



thirty dollars in a pair of working oxen would undo them, 



but we believe it would be more than saved by their extra 



labor in a single year. 



SOLON CARTER, Chairman. 



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FAT CATTLE. 



Your Committee were well pleased with the stock which 

 was under their examination, and took into consideratioa 

 the expense of feeding, &c., in making their awards. 



Your Committee saw fit to award 

 To W. W. Watson, of Princeton, for the best fat ox, 



the first premium of $8,00 



To Joel Hay ward, of Ashby, for the second best fat 



ox, the second premium of 5,00 



To John M. Stevenson, of Sterling, for the third 



best fat ox, the third premium of 3,00 



FAT COWS. 



To Francis Buttrick, Jr., of Fitchburg, the first. 



premium of 6,00 



