^VEST SOMERSET CO. AG. SOCIETY. 



Of this Society, the Secretary remarks as follows : — " This 

 Society is in a flourishing condition. The shows of stock es- 

 peciall}^, are of a very high order. The Society has always 

 been well united, and notwithstanding we are surrounded by 

 other societies, we always draw together a great number of 

 spectators." 



Live Stock. 



Samuel W. Tinkham of Anson, presented for premium to the 

 "West Somerset Agricultural Society, his stock, consisting of 

 one yoke of working oxen, one yoke of three years old steers, 

 one yoke of yearling steers, and two cows. The cows were 

 full blood Durham, and the oxen and steers grade Durharas. 

 The quality of the cows was tested by setting their milk sep- 

 erately, while they were at pasture, and they made from six to 

 ten and one-half pounds of butter per week. The cows and 

 steers were bred by himself, and the cows were fed on hay and 

 straw until three weeks before calving, after which, he gave 

 them " provender." The three years old steers girted six feet 

 six inches, and the yearlings six feet. 



A French buck and half blood ewes were presented by Jonah 

 Houghton of Anson, and a French merino buck and a half blood 

 Silesian buck were presented by S. W. Smith of Anson. They 

 were from the flocks of S. "W. Jewett, "Weybridge, Vt., J. A. 

 Tainter of Hartford, Con., and B. T. Dinsmore of Anson, They 

 say the fine wooled sheep are more docile and contented than 

 the coarse. 



Joshua Burns says: "I give my calves the milk of one cow 

 the first four or six montlis, and then wean them, and give them 



