56 WORKING OXEN AND STEERS- 



WORKING OXEN. 



The Committee on working oxen respectfully submit 

 the following report : 



There were eleven pairs entered^ all of which were 

 present. The task was a difficult one to perform and 

 do justice to all^ as so many oxen were to be tried and 

 the time for examination so short. The load of four 

 thousand pounds, exclusive of the cart, w^as not a heavy 

 one for most of the cattle, and therefore, with one or 

 two exceptions, there was but little whipping, and in 

 those cases it was occasioned by the cattle being defi- 

 cient in backing ; with these exceptions the work was 

 performed with quietness, and in a manner highly 

 creditable to the teamsters and very gratifying to the 

 Committee, who were unanimous in awarding the pre- 

 miums as follows : 



1st, to Josiah Page, of Westminster, $6,00 



2d, to Chas. K. Sawyer, of Fitchburg, 5,00 



8d, to E. G. Myrick, of Princeton, 4,00 



4th, to Joel Page, of Fitchburg, 3,00 



5th, to N. B. Reed, of Princeton, 2,00 



LUKE WELLINGTON, Chairman, 



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STEERS. 



TWO AND THREE-YEARS-OLD AND TRAINED. 



The Committee on two and three-years-old and trained 

 steers report that there were six pairs of two-years-old, 

 and five pairs of three-years-old steers entered for pre- 



