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inquiry should not be, which will at first give us the most 

 dollars ? but which will have the best influence upon our 

 family ? The boy who regularly feeds and cares for his pet 

 calf is acquiring those habits of attention to the wants of our 

 domestic animals, which he can not so well learn in any other 

 way ; those habits of care and regularity will fit him to dis- 

 charge better the duties of life. The fact that so many of the 

 leading men in all our cities came from those districts where 

 stock-raising formed a large part of the business, shows that 

 the raising of calves has a tendency to elevate men, or to pre- 

 pare them for a high position. Where all the stock is raised 

 upon the farm there is a kind of mutual attachment existing 

 between the family and the animals, that is not found where 

 the stock is bought. The boy upon a farm where stock is 

 raised has an opportunity to learn how to judge of the age of 

 an animal, better than he can where there is an uncertainty 

 about their ages. 



We often hear the remark made, that most of the boys are 

 leaving the farm for some other occupation. We think that 

 more attention to stock-raising will have a tendency to attach 

 them more strongly to their homes. 



We award A. C. Rollins, of Methuen, for his 3 year old 

 heifer, the second premium of $6. 



To George B. Loring, of Salem, the first premium of $5, 

 for his 2 year old Ayrshire heifer. 



To William Vanston, of Lawrence, the second premium of 

 Harris' book on Insects. 



They award to Varnum Tyler, of Methuen, the first premi- 

 um of $5, for his yearling heifer. 



To George B. Loring, of Salem, the second premium of 

 $3, for his Ayrshire yearling heifer. 



They would make honorable mention of the fine Alderney 

 heifers exhibited by F. C. Drew, of Lawrence, and also of 

 two good Grade Short Horn heifers, exhibited by Ben : Perley 

 Poore, of AV^est Newbury. 



WILLIAM R. PUTNAM, for the Committee. 



