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The second best do. to Sam'l Chadwick of Bradford eight dollars. 

 The first best Milch Cow, to John Torrey of Newbury, 



twelve dollars. 

 The second best do. do. to Rich'd Crowninshield 



of Dfinvers, eight dollars. 



The best S-years old Milch Heifer, to Gideon Fos- 

 ter, Esq. of Dan vers, - - - eight dollars. 

 The best pair of 4-years old Steers, to Billy Em- 

 erson, of Topsfield, - - - - ^ere dollars. 

 The best Merino Ram, to Benj. Savary, of Byfield, six dollars. 

 The second best do. do. to Richard Crowninshield, 



of Danvers, four dollars' 



The fonr best Merino Ewes, to Benj. Savary, of 



Byfield, six dollars. 



The second best do. do. to Tristram Brown, 



of Ipswich, ----- four dollars 



The best lot of Ewes, mixed blood, to Tristram 



Brown, of Ipswich, - - - - six dollars. 

 Two Heifers, owned by Richard Crowninshield, one thirteen 

 tbe other twenty-three months old, were very nice, but not en- 

 titled to a premium on account of their age ; and two Bulls, 

 one owned by Messrs. Putnam and Tucker of Salem, the other 

 by the Hon. Wm. Bartlet of Newburyport, were considered by 

 your Committee to be very valuable j as was likewise a Heifer 

 owned by Mr. I. Lock of Andover. 



Your Committee considered the Bull offered by Isaac Osgood, 

 Esq. the handsomest built animal of the kind they had ever 

 seen ; >but as he did not come within the terms on which the 

 premiums were offered, no premium was awarded. The one- 

 owned by Samuel Chadwick, Esq. was a very handsome built 

 Bull, and of a beautiful colour. 



It was a subject of regret to your Committee, that so few 

 Cows were entered for premium, they being of so much impor- 

 tance to our farms. The one owned by John Torrey is a Cow 

 of no remarkable appearance ; but from the statement given of 

 which we had no reason to doubt, she is an uncommonly good 

 Cow ; her keeping was no ways extraordinary ; yet the net in* 

 come amounted to about seventy dollars for the last year, the 



