No. 112.] 14^9 



The premiums offered have been from $20 to $25, which it was 

 supposed would have induced our dairymen to give their atten- 

 tion to the subject: but it is a matter of regret that so little re- 

 gard has been paid to it. There have been but a very few^ instan- 

 ces in w^hich the requirements of the Society have been complied 

 with, and not sufficient to form any general opinion as to the 

 breeds best adapted to the purposes of the dairy. 



We give the report made by Moses Eames, Esq., a leading 

 dairyman in Jefferson county, at the last Fair, at Utica, in the 

 hopes that his suggestions may lead, hereafter, to more attention 

 to the subject, which is one of no ordinary importance to the far- 

 mers of our State. 



" Your committee regrets that so little attention is paid by some 

 that have taken the time and trouble to get their cattle or ariicles 

 to this State Fair, to inform themselves of the requirements of the 

 regulations to entitle them to premiums on milch cows. 



" We have no correct account before us by which to govern or 

 guide our opinions. One of the applicants has a common state- 

 ment, at random, of the keeping of a red heifer calf, and that she 

 was two years old last winter, &c. The whole is but a guess at 

 what she might be for a dairy cow. 



" The other competitors had no statement, and could answer 

 no questions, as to the quality of milk or butter, as required by 

 the regulations of the Society. Now^ the conclusion of your com- 

 mittee is, that each of the exhibitors should (if you think pro- 

 per ) have a volume of Transactions ; and we hope that, by the 

 careful reading of these volumes^ they may, at a future day, be bet- 

 ter prepared for exhibitions. 



^'This committee deem it very important that the requirements 

 in this department should be fully carried out ; for there is, at the 

 present day. much difference of opinion as to which is the best 

 breed of stock fur the butter and cheese dairy, and it is, therefore, 

 important that the Society insist on a full compliance with the 

 requirements which are made. 



^' MOSES FAMES, Chairman:' 



