340 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



July 16 to Aug. 16, 92 gallons milk, and made 18 lbs. butter. 

 Aug. 16 to Sept. 16, 95 " " " 22 " " 



Total, 454 gallons. 101 lbs. 



She has not been dry ninety days during the last three years. 

 Last Thursday, from 12 quarts of her milk, I churned 1^^ lbs. 

 butter, of good color and flavor. 



Her feed has been common pasture, and 4 quarts per day of 

 meal and shorts. 



Newburyport, September 30, 1856. 



Report of the Committee. 



Steers. — The committee on steers find themselves in the same 

 situation to express a regret as the committees in former years, 

 that so few steers are offered for show and premium. 



And if we ask the question, why so few farmers of Essex 

 county enter into the raising of this class of stock, we take it 

 for granted the answer would be simply this — that the demand 

 for hay is so great, and the price so high, that the business is 

 not profitable, or the raising of heifers and keeping of cows are 

 more profitable. 



Still it may be asked if the price of a likely pair of steers 

 has not advanced in equal proportion with other stock ? 



William M. Kimball, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee. 



Bulls of Foreign Breed.— The Durham short-horns, and the 

 Herefords, were not represented. The inference therefore is, 

 that we have no pure bloods of either of those breeds in the 

 county. No Ayrshire was entered for premium, but a very 

 promising yearling bull of that breed was exhibited by the presi- 

 dent of the society. He is from the best Ayrshire stock in the 

 State, which is as good as any in the country, and ought to leave 

 a progeny in the neighborhood where he is, which shall make 

 his name to be remembered. 



