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and quality of the calf. Verbal statements cannot be depended 

 upon or received." 



The object the society has in vie-vv, in requiring these state- 

 ments, is to collect and disseminate information, as to the best 

 method of managing stock, so as to secure a profitable return. 

 To do this, we must go into particulars. The kind and amount 

 fed, the manner of feeding, and in short, the whole treatment 

 of the animal, is necessary in order to judge correctly if the 

 product of the animal will pay. The best treatment possible, 

 douljtlcss is the most profitable. We should vie with each 

 other in the proper and profitable treatment of all animals 

 under our care. "A merciful man is merciful to his beast." 

 No animal half fed, and poorly housed, or left to find a resting 

 place during the night in the mud and dung half leg deep, 

 can be expected to make a very bountiful return. Your 

 committee cannot forbear the remark here, that if cows half 

 cared for .(as some of the statements would seem to indicate) 

 produced such returns, what wouldn't they do under more 

 favorable circumstances ! 



Marks of a good coiv. "Thin skin — flat horns — open space 

 between tlie back ribs — yellow udder — fall sized teats — large 

 milk holes and veins — escutcheon all right. To rear such, be 

 sure that the male has descended from the best coio of the herd. 

 It may be, that a good cow is not always sure to have a good 

 *'calf; but it is quite certain, that a poor cow never will." 



S. SCAMMAN, Chairman. 



Dairy Products. 

 Although there were parcels of good and very good butter 

 exhibited, there were none which possessed such marked supe- 

 riority above the article as usually seen in our markets, as to 

 entitle it to distinction, and award of premiums. The fault 

 being mainly, that it was not so thoroughly freed from butter- 

 milk as to warrant the belief that it would retain for any co?i- 

 siderable length of time, its present flavor and quality. The 

 coinniittce believe that there is far less attention paid to this 

 subject than it deserves, the fact being that pure bu'iicr, that 

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