REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 11 



WORKING OXEN AND STEERS. 



WORKING OXEN. 



N. B. Reed, ist premium, $2 oo 



Joseph Gushing, 2d prem., ^ 00 



STEERS, THREE YEARS OLD. 

 N. B. Reed, ist prem., 2 50 



BEST MINOR TEAMSTER. 

 R. W. Robinson, ist prem., 2 00 



There were eight pairs of working oxen that were entered 

 and competed for the premiums ; there was but one pair of work- 

 ing steers, and but one minor ox teamster. We would say that 

 the oxen all did their work well and were a credit to the owners, 

 and we were highly gratified to see that the use of the goad and 

 whip was in a measure abandoned, the practice of beating and 

 pounding oxen to make them draw or back cannot be too highly 

 censured. The one pair of working steers which were present- 

 ed did credit to the owner as a good trainer, a good feeder, and 

 a man who knows what a good fashioned steer is, and we were 

 unanimous that they were hard to beat and deserving the pre- 

 miums we gave them. The minor ox teamster did his work well 

 and your committee were glad to see one young man who was 

 willing to come forward and try, and have it said that he was the 

 best ox driver ; we hope that at our next annual Show, every pair 

 of working oxen and steers will have a minor teamster, for we 

 consider it a more honorable occupation for a stalwart young 

 man than measuring off quality and tape to the ladies, or weigh- 

 ing sugar and codfish in a grocery. 



William Woodbury, for the Committee. 



FAT CATTLE. 



The committee report : 



OXEN. 



E. T. Miles, ist premium, $4 00 



Joseph Gushing, 2d prem., 2 50 



