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SHEEP. 



Committee. — Messrs. Joel Merriam, Jr., Westminster ; Artemas F. An- 

 drews, Fitchburg ; David Lawrence, Ashby ; Joseph Whitcomb, Princeton ; 

 Seth Heywood, Gardner. 



Thirty-five sheep, of very good quality, were exhibited. 

 We regret very much that we have so few premiums to 

 award, and Ave recommend to the Society to increase and en- 

 large the premiums on this important branch of stock, they 

 being only half as large as those on poultry, and not one 

 eighth as much as those on swine. We award 

 To Lorriston Stock well, of Fitchburg, for the best 



cosset buck, the first premium, $2 00 



To Mendall G. Everett, of Princeton, for his cosset 



sheep, the second premium, 1 50 



To Horace P. Messenger, of Fitchburg, for his cosset 



sheep, the third premium, 1 00 



We also recommend a gratuity of $1 00, to Silas Hale, of 

 Royalston, for his fifteen sheep ; to Luke Wellington of Ash- 

 by. for his two cossets, 75 cents ; and to Nathan Danforth, of 

 Princeton, for his two cossets, 50 cents. 

 Submitted by 



JOEL MERRIAM. Jr., for the Committee. 



POULTRY. 



COMMITTEE.— Messrs. Wm. G. Wyman, Fitchburg ; Jonas Patch, Ashby ; 

 John Fessenden, Westminster; Thomas T. Greenwood, Templeton; John F. 

 Ware, Fitchburg. 



The show of poultry this year was unusually scanty, afford- 

 ing abundant proof of the decline of interest, in this vicinity 

 at least, in this department of farm business, a decline your 

 Committee are very sorry to notice, believing as they most 

 fully do, that a careful attention, to a reasonable extent, to the 

 raising and care of poultry, by our farmers generally, would 

 not only add to the convenience, comfort, happiness and health 



