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run in all summer ; I judged that the quantity of milk she gave 

 was not over one-half that she gave in the same number of days in 

 June. She dropped her calf the first of April. 



My cow is one-half Durham and one-half Hereford. This breed 

 I look upon as being well adapted to this country, more so than the 

 full blood Durham. I find them to be fair milkers, good workers, 

 hardy, and fatten easily. She was four years old last April. I 

 keep my stock on English grass in summer and English hay in 

 winter — or what I consider to be equivalent. That is, one peck of 

 rutabagas to a cow per day, with straw and coarse fodder, I con- 

 sider equal to the best of English hay. 



Hiram Stevens. 



Sheep. The Committee say: "The number of sheep on the 

 ground was not so great as they had hoped ; the few that were pre- 

 sented proved conclusively that sheep husbandry is not entirely 

 neglected by the farmers of Aroostook. Possessing every facility 

 for growing as good wool, and the best mutton in the State, at a 

 very moderate expense, it is to be hoped that our farmers will in- 

 crease their number, and improve the quality of their sheep, until 

 wool shall become one of the principal staples of our county." 



Premiums were awarded on Leicesters, or " Perley sheep" as 

 they are called here ; also on grade Merinos and Dishleys. The 

 Leicesters seem to be the favorite stock. 



Crops. 



As there seems to be a rapidly increasing interest among our 

 citizens in regard to the productive powers of this section of the 

 State, it is deemed expedient to give below all the statements re- 

 ceived, and also the full report of the Committee. 



"The Committee on Crops find four- entries of spring wheat, two 

 entries for clover seed, two for herds grass seed, two for oats, two 

 for oats and peas, one for potatoes, two foe rutabagas. Of speci- 

 mens, there were two of spring wheat, two of oats, one of buckwheat, 

 six of beans, several specimens of garden vegetables, potatoes, seed 

 corn, &c. 



