REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



FAT CATTLE. 



The Committee on Fat Cattle have attended to their 

 duty, and respectfully report to the Secretary that they 

 have made the following awards: 



$10. First premium, to Henry Gardner, Peabody, for 

 1 pair of oxen, weight, 4330 lbs. 

 $8. Second premium, to B. H. Farnum, No. Andover, 



for 1 pair of oxen, weight, 3330 pounds. 

 $8. First premium, to Wm. A. Russell, No. Andover, 

 for fat cow, " Maud Clay, " Holstein No. 390, age 

 10 years, weight 1900 lbs. 

 J. E. Bradstreet, Allen Smith, Geo. E. F. Dane, J. P. 

 Little — Committee. 



STATEMENT OF HENRY GARDNER'S FOREMAN. 



The cattle entered by Henry Gardner are six years old, 

 were raised in Franklin Co., Me., and bought in Water- 

 town one year ago last Spring, then weighing 3360 

 pounds, now weigh 4330 lbs. They have worked on the 

 farm ; feed first summer was hay and two quarts of meal 

 each, morning and night. Last winter the poorer quality 

 of corn fodder and two quarts of cob meal each, once 

 per day. The last summer, good hay and two quarts of 

 meal each, morning and night. 



Andrew J. Hayes, foreman. 



STATEMENT OF B. H. FARNUM. 



The oxen which I enter for premium, are six years old. 

 I have owned them twenty-three months. They weighed 

 when I bought them, 2550 pounds. They have done all 

 the ox work on my farm, besides working considerable on 

 the road, since I owned them. The first winter, their 



