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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



345. Fo:- the 2nd best Buck, J. W. 

 Ware, Clarke, 10 00 



346. For the 3rd best Buck,_E. Fon- 

 taine, Hanover, Certificate of Merit. 



347. For the best pen of Ewes, 3 in 

 number, J. R. AVooJs, Albemarle, 20 00 



348. For the 2nd best pen of Ewes, 3 



in number, J. W. Ware, Clarke, 10 00 



349. For the 3rd best pen of Ewes, 3 

 in number, J. W. Ware, Clarke, 



Certificate of Merit. 



350. For the best pen cf E\ve lambs, 4 



in number, Dr. J. R. Woods, Albemarle, 10 00 



351. For the best pen of Buck lambs, 



4 in number. Dr. John R. Woods, Albe- 

 marle, ^ _ ^ 10 00 



The Committee on middle wool [sheep take 

 great pleasure in bearing testimony to the rai'e 

 excellency of some of the animals on exhibition, 

 especially those imported by Mr. Rives and Mr, 

 Dalany. 



Foreign Sheep. — 12;'/^ Class. 



360. For best imported Southdown 

 buck, R. H. Dulany, Loudoun, $20 00 



361- For 2nd best imported Southdown 

 buck, Thomas Belts, England, 10 00 



364. For best imported Oxford down 

 buck, William C. Rives, Albemarlp, 20 00 



366. For best imported Oxford down 



ewe, William C. Rives, ^ 20 00 



367. For 2nd best imported Oxford 

 down ewe, William C. Rives, . 10 00 



372. Fur best imported Cotswold or 

 New Oxfordshire ljuck, J. W. Ware, 

 Clarke, 20 00 



373. For 2nd best imported Cotswold 



or New Oxfordshire buck, J. AY. Ware, 10 00 



374. For best imported Cotswold or 



New Oxfordshire ewe, J. W. Ware, 20 00 



375. For 2nd best imported Cotswold 



or New Oxfordshire ewe, J. W. Ware, 10 00 



Swine. — Large Breed. 



378. For best boar over tvro years old, 



R. D. Carter, New Kent, " 20 00 



379. For 2nd best boar over 2 years 



old, Peyton Johnson, Henrico, 10 00 



380. For the best boar 1 year old, J. 

 Sinton and Sons, Heurico, 15 00 



38L For 2nd best boar 1 year old, S. 

 W. Ficklin, Albemarle, 8 00 



382. For best breeding sow over 2 

 years bid, J. G. Turpin, Chesterfield, 20 00 



383. For 2nd best breeding sow over 

 2 years old, J. B. Yates, Falmouth, Staf- 

 ford, 10 00 



384. For l>est sow not less than six 

 months and under eiglsteen months old, 



S. ^Y. Ficklin, Albemarle, 15 00 



385. For 2nd best sow not less than 6 

 months and under 18 months old, S. W. 

 Ficklin, Albemfirle, 8 00 



386. For best lot of pigs, not less than 



5 in number, nor less than 2, and under 



'5 months o'd, S. W. Ficklin, Albemarle, 10 00 



387. For 2nd best lot of pigs not less 

 than 5 in number, nor less than 2, and 

 under 5 months old, Dr. John R. Woods, 

 Albemarle, 5 00 



Small Breed. 



388. For the best boar over 2 years 



old, Thomas A. Hardy, Norfolk, $15 00 



389. For 2nd best boar over 2 years 



old, Thomas A. Hardy, Norfolk, 8 00 



390. For best boar over 1 year old, 

 Thomas A. Hardy, Norfolk, 15 00 



391. For 2nd best boar over 1 year 



old, Thomas A. Hardy, Norfolk, 8 00 



392. For best breeding sow over 2 

 years old, J. G. Turpin, Chesterfield, 15 00 



393. For 2nd best breeding sow over 



2 years old, R. H. Dulany, Loudoun, 8 00 



394. For the best sow, not less than 6 

 months, nor more than 18 months old, 

 Thomas A. Hardy, Norfolk, 15 00 



395. For 2nd best sow, not less than 

 6 months, nor more than 18 months old, 



T. J. Wooldridge, Hanover, 8 00 



396. For best lot of pigs not less than 

 5 in number, nor less than 2, and under 



5 months old, R. H. Dulany, Loudoun, 10 00 



397. ' For 2nd best lot of pigs, not less 

 than 4 in number, nor less than 2, and 

 under 5 months old, Thomas A. Hardy, 

 Norfolk, . * 5 00 



Additional Premiums to Premium Animals. 



398. For best bull of 3 years old or' 

 more of any breed on exhibition, Mr. 

 ■Hardy's Ben Bolt' Devon, 



399\ For best cow of any breed on 

 exhibition, Mr. Dulany, 



400. For best stallion of any breed 

 on exhibition, Mr. Botts' Revenue, 



401. For best brood mare of any breed ' 

 on exhibition, Thos. W. Doswell — Nina, 



402. For best buck of any breed on 

 exhibition, Mr. Dulany — S. D. Buck, 



403. Fm* best ewe of any breed on ex- 

 hibition, J. W. AYare, Liiported Cotswold, 



404. For best boar of any breed on ex- 

 hibition, P. Johnson, Chester Boar, Dick, 



405. For the best breeding sow of any 

 breed on exhibition, Mr- Turpin, Suffolk 

 sow. 



In. submitting the foregoing award, the Com- 

 mittee acknowledge that they met with great 

 difi&culty in arriving at conclusions satisfactory 

 te themselves and doing justice to the very fine 

 stock which was exhiiated to their inspection. 

 The comparison of animals, when several speci- 

 mens of different kinds were nearly or quite 

 perfect, almost resolves itself into a disquisition 

 and examination of the relative excellencies and 

 comparative value of the different kinds. The 

 South Down sheep of JNIr. Dulan}^, the Cotswold 

 sheep of Col. AYare, and the Oxford Down sheep 

 of Mr, Rives are considered by the Committee 

 as perfect and unsurpassed specimens of this 



