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SWINE. 



The award of premiums is as follows : 



To Daniel Carlton, of North Andover, for breeding sow, 

 1st premium, $5 00. 



To James H. Reynolds, of North Andover, for weaned pigs, 

 1st premium, $5. 



To Oliver P. Killam, of Boxford, for weaned pigs, 2d 

 premium, $3.00. 



Henry A. King, John E. Herrick, John G. Little, John 

 Danforth, Jr., Committee. 



STATEMENT OF DANIEL CARLTON. 



The breeding sow which I offei' for premium was three years 

 old the first of last July. Her pigs, which are her sixth lit- 

 ter, are twenty days old. At this litter she had twenty ; a 

 part of these I gave away, and she has now thirteen left. 

 She has had eighty-two pigs, and was only seven months old 

 when she had her first litter. Her pigs, in almost every in- 

 stance, have done remarkably well, as the many persons to 

 whom I have sold them will testify. She has always been 

 kept on very poor feed, excepting while she was suckling her 

 pigs. Since she had this litter she has been fed on a mixture 

 of barley and damaged Indian meal, six quarts per day. From 

 the time when her last litter was weaned to when she had this, 

 she had no grain whatever, but was fed on house slops, weeds, 

 and other refuse articles ; and I think that I may safely say 

 that the work which she performed in the barn cellar amply 

 paid for her keeping during that time. So if we reckon the 

 value of the sow the same now as when her last litter was 

 weaned, the expense of raising this litter thus far will be as 

 follows, viz: 



For 1 bag of damaged meal, for which I paid $2.50 



For 1 bag of barley meal, for which I paid ' 3.00 



For other expenses, 1.00 



Total, $6.50 



