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1 st mo 20 th 1883
Club met at Maple
Grove, the residence of T. J. Lea
very rainy so much so that
several of our members came
in carriages although the sleighing
was good.
Wm. S . Bond C. H. Brooke
Wm. G. Brook R . B . Farquhar
[Arthur?] Stabler & E. P Thomas
were absent.
John .M. Smith & [Warrick?]
M . Stabler were with as guests.
Wm. Lea was appointed foreman,
our walk was confined
to the pig pens & barn yard
we found the usual number
of fine brood sows all looking
well, our host does not keep
his sows untill they get very
old finding it better to change
them frequently, we thought
there were some of the finest
specimens of through bred
Berkshire amongst the shoats
we had ever seen.
The heifers & Bulls [deer?]
horns were well grown but
did not look as fat &
slick as they have some
times done, our host
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