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chosen arbiters. At no time since the commencement of 

 Agricultural Shows in Fitchburg, has there been such an 

 array of porkers, or the task so difficult, to assign to each 

 their relative worth and merit, regard being had to keeping. 

 On fat hogs, particularly, they regret that they had not more 

 premiums to award, so extremely difficult has it been to de- 

 cide between them. 



The number of entries are, to wit: 

 Joseph Upton, Jr., Fitchburg, one fat hog. 

 Joseph Pierce, Fitchburg, one fat hog. 

 George Marshall, Fitchburg, one fat hog. 

 Simon Marshall, Fitchburg, one fat hog. 

 Levi Kendall, Fitchburg, one fat hog. 

 Benjamin SarTord, Fitchburg, one fat hog. 

 Enoch Caldwell, Fitchburg, one fat hog. 

 Jonas A. Marshall, Fitchburg, one fat hog. 

 William Carter, Fitchburg, one fat hog. 

 J. T. Everett, Princeton, one breeding sow. 

 John P. Sabin, Fitchburg, one sow and pigs. 

 Elliot Wood, Fitchburg, one sow and pigs. 

 David Battles, Fitchburg, one sow and pigs. 

 Warren A. Crehore, Fitchburg, one breeding sow. 



They award to Jaquith & Mclntire, for the best boar, 



more than one year old, (sixteen months,) $4 00 



To J. P. Sabin, for the best boar less than one year 



old, (six months 27 days,) 2 00 



To Enoch Caldwell, for the best fat hog, more than 



eight months old, (fifteen months,) 4 00 



To Jonas A. Marshall, for the second best fat hog, 



more than eight months old, (fifteen months,) 3 00 



To Joseph Peirce, for the third best fat hog, more than 



eight months old. (fourteen months,) 2 00 



They award to Elliot Wood, for the best breeding sow, 



[sow one year, ten pigs, ten days old,] 3 00 



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