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Entered according to Act of Congress in February, 1S70, by Oranoe Jodd & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. 
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VOLUME XXIX.— No. 3. 
NEW YORK, MARCH, 1870. 
NEW SERIES— No. 278. 
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THE AYRAULT FAT OXE N.— Drawn from Life, By W. M. Cary.— Engraved for the American AgHcutmrux. 
These cattle, said to weigh more than 3300 pounds each, were over six years old, raised and fed by George Ayrault, of Poughlceepsie, N. T., and 
slaughtered in February by Wm. Lalor, of Centre Market, N. Y. City. For an account of them, see item on page 85— accurate weights hereafter. 
