65 

 POULTRY. 



The exhibition in this department was nnnsnally good, a 

 larger variety of fine Fowls has seldom, if ever, been shown 

 in this place; thoy were mostly of superior breeds. Your 

 Committee consider the absence of monster birds with on 

 other recommendation than their ungainly size and bad 

 looks, a matter of congratulation to all good housewives, and 

 the lovers of eggs and table poultry generally. 



Your Committee award the following premiums : 



To J. T. Everett, of Princeton, for the best dung-hill 



fowls, not less than six, $2,00 



To Jabez Fisher, of Fitchburg, for the second best 



dung-hill fowls, not less than six. 1,00 



To Albert B. Haskell, for the third best dung-hill 



fowls, not less than six, 1,50 



To Myron L. Billings, of Fitchburg, for the best turkeys, 



not less than six, 2,00 



To D. S. Eaton, of Fitchburg, for the second best 



Turkeys, not less than six, 1,00 



To Alvin M. Sawyer, of Fitchburg, for the third best 



turkeys, not less than six, 1,50 



To R. G. Chessmore, of Westminster, for the best geese, 1,00 

 To Samuel Farwell, 2nd, of Fitchburg, for the best 



ducks, 1,00 



Warren Upton exhibited a pullet six months and four days 



old, with a brood of 12 chickens eight days old. The pullet 



has laid 23 eggs, and was set on thirteen. The breed is a 



mixture of the bolton gray and seabright bantam. 



JOHN J. PIPER, Chairman. 



Alvin M. Sawyer's Statement. 



This hen turkey laid sixteen eggs. She was then put 

 setting, but laid two more eggs while setting. She hatched 

 out eighteen young turkeys, all of Avhich are here exhibited 



