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$7. First premium, to Robert Foss, Hamilton, for 3- 

 year-old Jereey bull. 



87. First premium, to James C. Poor, No. Andover, for 

 3-year-old Holsteiii bull. 



$5. First premium, to Horace Moody, West Newbury, for 

 1-year-old Jersey bull. 



$5. First premium, to Cochickwick Farm, No. Ando- 

 ver, for Ayrshire bull, 11 months old, " Dago.'' 



f 5. First premium, to James C. Poor, No. Andover, for- 

 Holstein bull (3 mos. old. 



$3. Second premium, to James C. Poor, No. Andover, 

 for Holstein bull, 1 year old. 



$5. Second premium, to C. K. Ordway & Son, West 

 Newbury, for Holstein bull, 3 years old. 



«f3. Second premium, to M. H. Connor, West New- 

 bury, for Ayrshire bull, 6 months old. 

 Shorthorn had but one entry, by Thomas Sanders of 



Haverhill, but the rules of the Society not being complied 



with, no premium was awarded. 



The exhibition of bulls was small and not up to the 

 standard of excellence which should be made by the 

 farmers of our county. It would seem to be good policy 

 for the Society to be liberal in its premiums on this class 

 of stock, in order to induce and encourage larger exhibi- 

 tions, and to show that good bulls are recognized as the 

 prime factor in improving our dairy stock. It has become 

 a well established fact that the sire is the great and para- 

 mount element in establishing any desired quality which 

 we may wish in our herds. A farmer may buy a so-called 

 thoroughbred bull, with a long pedigree, but whose get 

 will be a disappointment to the breeder, for the reason 

 that he was not well-bred, or from a strain of stock of the 

 highest excellence, or perhaps lacking in vigor and energy 

 to transmit the good qualities of his ancestors. A bull 

 should not only have a pedigree, but be well-bred, and 

 have strong points of merit and excellence of his own, 



