WEST OXFORD SOCIETY. 1852. The cattle show and fair of this society, in connection with their annual meeting, was held at Fryeburg, on Thursday and Friday, October 21 and 22, 1852. A very interesting and instructive address was delivered before the members of the society, by Ezekiel Holmes, M. D. [For this address, see Transactions of West Lincoln Society for 1853.] . Measures were taken to secure the admission of several adjacent towns in New Hampshire, to the privileges of the society. The following is a list of the officers chosen for 1852: EDWARD L. OSGOOD, Fryeburg, President. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. ON CROPS. William H. Walker, Lovell, best wheat, forty-six and onehalf bushels on one acre and seventy rods, $3; Samuel Stickney, Brownfield, one bushel best seed wheat, $1. William H. Walker, Lovell, best corn, one hundred and ten bushels on one acre and five rods, $3; William Gordon, Fryeburg, second best corn, $2; L. P. Sawyer, Denmark, third best corn, $1; Jonathan Sanborn, Fryeburg, best seed corn, 50 cents. James Walker, jr., Fryeburg, best rye, $2. L. P. Sawyer, Denmark, best oats, $2. PELEG WADSWORTH, Chairman. ON TOWN TEAMS. Town of Fryeburg, best town team, $10. MOSES HOWARD, Chairman. ON BEEF CATTLE AND WORKING OXEN. James E. Hutchins, Lovell, best beef cattle, five years old, girth seven feet ten inches, $2. C. K. Farington, Fryeburg, working oxen, $1; E. G. Kimball, Lovell, working oxen, $1. ROBERT BRADLEY, Chairman. ON BULLS, STEERS AND HEIFERS. Jacob S. Powers, Fryeburg, best bull, Durham and Ayrshire, $3; Joshua B. Osgood, Fryeburg, second best bull, Devon and Native, $2. best three years old steers, $2; James O. Fessenden, Brownfield, second best, $1. Lewis Howe, Fryeburg, best two years old steers, $1.50; Henry Walker, Fryeburg, second best, $1. S. W. Barker, Lovell, best one year old steers, $1; James Guptill, Fryeburg, second best, 50 cents. Francis Willey, Fryeburg, two years old heifers, second premium, 50 cents. T. I. Bragdon, Fryeburg, best one year old heifer, $1. Richard Davis of Bridgton, Cumberland county, exhibited two fine bulls of the mixed Durham and Ayrshire breed, one three years old, and the other a calf. We would recommend them to the notice of stock growers. S. C. HOBBS, Chairman. ON HORSES. Zenas P. Thom, Fryeburg, best entire horse, $3. Robert Bradley, Fryeburg, best breeding mare, $3; I. C. Chandler, Fryeburg, second best, $2. B. B. Howe, Fryeburg, best three years old colt, $2; Charles Pray, Lovell, second best, $1. Charles E. Weston, Fryeburg, best two years old colt, $1; Robert Gibson, Fryeburg, second best, 50 cents. J. E. HUTCHINS, Chairman. ON SHEEP AND SWINE. William Hapgood, Fryeburg, best flock of sheep, $3; J. G. Swan, Denmark, second best, $2. J. G. Swan, Denmark, best buck, $1; W. Hapgood, Fryeburg, second best, 50 cents. Samuel Stickney, Brownfield, best boar and sow, $4. C. K. Farington, Fryeburg, best litter of pigs, $2. JAMES WALKER, JR., Chairman. ON SILK. Miss Martha Wentworth, Brownfield, one-half pound sewing silk, $1. Mrs. Anna Walker, Fryeburg, three and three-fourth pounds raw silk, $1. The above silk is also entitled to a bounty from the town, according to an act of the legislature. H. C. BUSWELL, Chairman. ON DAIRY. Moses Howard, Brownfield, best June butter, $2; C. K. Farington, Fryeburg, second best, $1. Moses Howard, Brownfield, best fall butter, $1; A. W. Charles, Fryeburg, second best, 50 cents. best cheese, $2; Samuel Stickney, Brown field, second best, $1. ON TOOLS AND AGRICULURAL IMPLEMENTS. Asa Osgood, Fryeburg, best ox-yoke, with bows and ring, $1. Phineas W. Swan, Fryeburg, set of planes, and other tools, $1. Noyes Abbott, Fryeburg, horse shoes, $1. JOHN L. EASTMAN, Chairman. |