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CALVES. 



1st, A. F. Adams, of Fitchburg, $3,00 



2d, Samuel Burnap, of Fitchburg, 2,00 



3d, John Brooks, Jr., of Princeton, 1,00 



Gratuity, S. H. Sprague, of Westminster, one 



calf, raised by hand, 1,00 



Respectfully submitted. 



D. C. MILES, Chairman. 



WORKING OXEN. 



The Committee on Working Oxen highly appreciate 

 the honor conferred upon them, in being called to 

 •examine and report upon the power and training of 

 the noble ox. It is common for writers to speak of the 

 patient ox, but whether that arises from the fact that 

 the most patient man of whom we have any account, 

 had five hundred yoke, the Committee are not 

 informed. The Committee think that the race of work- 

 ing oxen has been very much improved since the time 

 that Elijah was called to be a Prophet, for the record 

 says he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. Now 

 if his oxen were as powerful and well trained as those 

 we were called to examine, his plow must have been 

 made of some material unknown to the Committee, or 

 he might have had occasion to haul up for repairs 

 before his land was finished. 



A new feature was introduced this year with regard 

 to loading the carts. In previous years the heavy and 

 light cattle have drawn the same load • this year it 

 was decided that each pair should draw thirty-three 



