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2d, to Truman Roberts, bay mare and black colt $12 
3d, to Guy Markham, of Rush, Monroe co, bay 
mare 8 
4th, to Milton Sheldon, Mendon, Monroe co., chest¬ 
nut mare, Clio Vol. Tr. 
Three-year-old Mares. 
1st, not being on the ground the second day, no 
award. 
2d, to J. K. Ballentine’s bay mare $5 
3d, no award. 
(Note. —This committee, mistaking the inten¬ 
tions of the society, awarded a premium of $10 to 
J. K. Ballentine, for a gray stallion colt, sired by 
Young Lion of Monroe.) 
Remarks. —The undersigned, the committee 
chosen to award premiums on brood mares and 
colts, respectfully report, that they have attended 
to the duties assigned them, and carefully ex¬ 
amined the unusually large number of animals 
exhibited. The committee, while they rejoice at 
the enterprise evinced by bringing upon the ground 
so many competitors for the premiums, feel con¬ 
strained to say, that perhaps no one of the animals 
belong to the class intended by the society, viz., the 
horse of all work. It was, consequently, exceed¬ 
ingly difficult to find one wjthout some striking 
defect, which ought not and need not belong to 
the stock of the perfect breeder. While they 
would be justified in withholding the premium 
from all of the animals of this class, for the reasons 
referred to, they think the ends of the society will 
be best promoted by making known the judgment 
of the committee. 
D. S. Campbell, ) 
Abram Yaught, > Committee. 
Owen Jones, ) 
PREMIUMS ON SWINE. 
Over ten months old. 
For the best boar, to H. O. Hills, Vernon, Oneida 
co. $10 
2d, to Daniel Budd, Greece, Monroe co. 8 
3d, to S. Tibbitts, Pittsford, Monroe co. 5 
4th, to N. Hayward, Brighton, <e Vol. Tr. 
For the best breeding sow, to R. L. Allen, Berkshire 10 
2d, to Wm. Wheeler, Rochester, Monroe co. 8 
3d, to John Langham, “ “ 5 
4th, to P. A. Smith, Greece <( Vol. Tr. 
Remarks. —Among the swine worthy of par¬ 
ticular attention, was a pen of eight shotes and a 
sow, whose owner we did not see. They showed 
what can be done by a judicious crossing of the 
two leading breeds, the Berkshire and Leicester. 
Mr. M. Garret, of Gates, had a very good Leices¬ 
ter sow and pigs. Mr. Tone, of Chili, had a 
Leicester sow and pigs; and a boar and sow of M. 
Wadhams were very good. 
The committee do not deem it their duty to en¬ 
ter into an elaborate discussion as to the best 
breeds; but they give the basis on which they 
acted in awarding the premiums. They do not 
consider it any object to raise or encourage the 
raising of a very large breed of hogs, so far as the 
farmers of this State are concerned. Where corn 
is easily raised and at a distance from market, a 
large breed of hogs may be tolerated; but where 
the utmost economy is to be used, a middling- 
sized breed of hogs is decidedly preferred. A hog 
of fine bone, light head, small ears, a good ham, 
and deep broadside, that will mature early, and 
when fattened at 12 or 18 months, comes easily up 
to 300, must be profitable to provider and con¬ 
sumer. In behalf of the committee, 
T. C. Peters, Chairman. 
PREMIUMS ON SHEEP. 
Class I.-— Long-woolled. 
For the best buck, to Wm. Swailes, Wayne co. $10 
2d, to Thomas Terry, Mt. Morris, Liv. co. 8 
3d, to Wm. Swailes 5 
4th, to John Bettridge, Riga, Monroe co. Vol. Tr. 
For the best pen of 3 ewes, to Allen Ayrault $10 
2d, to Luke Cheesebro, Auburn, Cayuga co. 8 
3d, to James Beatty, Greece, Monroe co. 5 
4th, to Wm. C. Cornell, Henrietta, “ Vol. Tr. 
For the best pen of 5 lambs, Leicesters, to same $5 
Class II.— Middle-woolled. 
For the best buck, John M. Sherwood, South-Down $10 
2d, to J. Parsons “ 8 
3d, same « 5 
4th, same e< Vol. Tr. 
Best pen of 3 ewes, J. M. Sherwood, “ $10 
2d, to Richard Randle, Chili, Monroe co. 8 
For best pen of 5 lambs, to J. M. Sherwood 5 
Remarks.— The committee noticed two pens of 
choice ewes, and one of fine lambs, which were 
entered as middle-woolled ; but as they were a 
mixture of long and middle wools, they did not 
consider themselves at liberty to assign them a 
place in either class submitted for their examina¬ 
tion. 
They experienced much difficulty in deciding 
some of the premiums on long-wool bucks, owing 
to the large numbers of very choice animals of this 
class which were exhibited. 
In conclusion, the committee would say, they 
perceive, with no little gratification, the decided 
improvement now making in the long and middle- 
wool sheep in this country, considering them and 
their crosses, as they do, a profitable animal in the 
neighborhood of large markets, from the great 
value of the carcass for mutton, which usually 
brings, when well fattened, at least 50 per cent, 
more than pork. They will be excused for adding, 
at least by the intelligent farmers of the State of 
New York, a class of citizens so capable of appre¬ 
ciating and so deeply interested in the subject, that 
if protection to American labor, American intelli¬ 
gence, and American capital, is to be the settled 
policy of the United States, as it can not but be 
hoped it will from the beneficial effects so recently, 
yet so largely experienced from it, the immediate 
commencement, on an extensive scale, of worsted 
and other similar fabrics for which the long-wool 
furnishes an indispensable material, will afford to 
them a large and permanent demand, and a greatly 
increased value. 
R. L. Allen, ) 
S. E. Hudson, j 
F. M. Rotch, }- Committee. 
Thos. Hollis, 
W.R. Randall, J 
