36 STEERS— TWO AND THREE YEARS OLD. 



STEERS— TWO AND THREE YEARS OLD. 



The Committee on Two and Three Years-old Steers 

 submit their report. Of three-year-old steers there 

 were three pairs entered for premium. We make awards 

 as follows : 



THREE- YEARS-OLD. 



1st, to S. G. Mirrick, of Princeton, $5,00 



2d, to Alfred A. Marshall, of Fitchburg, 4,00 



3d, to Daniel S. Eaton, of Fitchburg, 3,00 



TWO- YEARS-OLD. 



There were seven pairs of two-years-old steers 

 offered for premium. 



1st, to J. Edwin Merriam, of Princeton, $4,00 



2d, to Israel Everett, of Princeton, 3,00 



3d, to N. B. Reed, of Princeton, 2,00 



TRAINED STEERS. 



1st, to Master Henry A. Estabrook, of Ashby, 4,00 

 2d, to J. Edwin Merriam, of Princeton, 3,00 



In concluding their report, the Committee would say 

 that they have been guided in their distribution of 

 awards ; first, by the size, form and adaptation to labor 

 of the animals offered for their inspection ; second, to 

 the perfection in matching the color, strength and 

 disposition of each pair; third, the training which 

 evinced the subjection of the animals to the will 

 of their masters. And in this connection, the Com- 

 mittee would suggest that strength in labor, or skill in 

 exercise, induced by harsh blows and harsher language, 

 is not so deserving as the same labor and skill which 

 is rendered in obedience to kind words and gentle 



