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ANIMALS. — 1st Division. 



Whole number of entries, 17, viz. : Fat Oxen, 2; Working Oxen, 15. 



Best Fat Oxen, Jared Lewis, Great Barrington, 



2d do., John S. Merrill, Lee, 

 Best Pair Working Oxen, J. H. VauDeusen, Great Barrington, 



"2d do., Jared Lewis, Great Barrington, 



3d do., H. H. Hall, Great Barrington, 



4th do.. F. K. Hinckley, Lee, 



5fcb do., Fred. Abbey, Great Barrington, 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. W. Smith, 



A. J. RlDBR, 



J. C. Taylor, 



S3COND DIVISION. 



Whole number of entries, f, viz. : Four years old Oxen, 3 ; Three years 

 old Steers, 4. 



Beat Pair Four year old Oxen, G. W. Thatcher, Lee. $8 00 



2d do., C. S. Joyner: Egreinont. 7 00 



3d do., L. K. Kline, Egremoul G 00 



Best Pair three years old Steeis L. S.Butler, Lenox, 7 0(> 



2d do., Hiram Comstoek, Great Barrington. 6 00 



3d do., J. G. Cropper, Otis, 5 00 



4th do., Henry W. Sheldon, New Marlboro. 4 00 



Mr. M. I. Wheeler, of Great Barriugtou, exhibited a very fine three years 

 old steer. Your committee would have been pleased to have awarded him a 

 special premium, which he fully merited, but it being out of their jurisdiction 

 were unable so to do. 



Miles Avery, 



Isaac Harmon, )> Committee. 



Robert Potts, 



third division. 



Whole number of entries, 20, viz. : Two years old Steers, 3 ; One year 

 old Steers, 5; Yearling Heifers, 18. 



Best Pair Two years old Steers, M. P. Butler. Lenox. $5 00 



2d do., H. A. Carpenter, Stockbridge. 4 00 



3d do., Jared Lewis, Great Barrington. 3 00 



Best Pair One year old Steers. J. W. Butler, Leuox. 4 00 



2d do., W. H. Ha-.v1ey, Sandi^field, 3 00 



3d do., M. W. Butler, Lenox. 2 00 



Best Yearling Heifer, E. M. Langdou, Lee. 4 00 



2d do., T. L. Foote, Lee. 3 00 



3d do., William S. Wilcox, Sheffield, 2 00 



Your committee experienced great difficulty in making awards, especially 



on one year old steers, as to which pair were worthy of the highest honors at 

 our disposal. In the class of yearling heifers, your committee would recom- 

 mend a separate division for blooded stock. 



Loomis M. Joyner, > 

 Marshall S. Heath, > Committee. 



F. B. Wilcox. \ 



FOURTH DIVISION. 



Whole number of entries, 25, viz. : Milch Cows, 21 ; Fat Cows, 4. 



Your committee on the 4th Division found the number of entries large and 

 each entry of great excellence, with hardly an exception, and your committee 

 believe that too much encouragement cannot be given by the society and too 



