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flow, 39.05 lbs., or 15.91 beer quarts. There were made of this 

 milk, 14.88 lbs. of butter, or 10.41 lbs. for seven days. 



In September, she gave in ten days, 332 lbs. of milk, or daily, 

 33.20 lbs., or 13.55 beer quarts. The lbs. of butter made from 

 this milk were 14.85. The whole quantity of milk produced in 

 these ten days was 332 lbs. 



The co\Y Fanny, owned by William Eames, of "Worcester, was 

 a very fine animal, three-fourths Devon, and one-fourth Dur- 

 ham. She gave in ten days in June 107 quarts 1 pint, or 207 

 lbs. milk, from which was made 15|- lbs. of butter. In ten days 

 in September, she gave 86 quarts, or 215 lbs. of milk, which 

 made 12^ lbs. of butter. 



It is particularly desirable that exact statements bo given, that 

 committees may be able to arrive at right conclusions, and jus- 

 tice be rendered to competitors, for the premiums of the society. 



The great object of the society is to elicit facts relating to 

 agriculture ; and to those who have had the management of its 

 affairs, the community is largely indebted, and it is to be 

 regretted that so few comparatively of our farmers, in this large 

 agricultural county, have become personally interested in its 

 prosperity. 



It has done and is doing a good work. Its influence is felt 

 in every department of farming pursuit. In tlie improvement 

 of neat stock, by the introduction of foreign breeds, their proper 

 management and comparative value has ever boon an object of 

 deep solicitude with tlie society, and liberal premiums have been 

 offered that these results miglit be obtained, and laid before the 

 farming community. No farmer can afford to keep a poor cow, 

 and the best, by injudicious management, may become indiffer- 

 ent. Nor should he resort to the hap-hazard mode now pursued 

 in replenishing his yards — of purchasing from droves — particu- 

 larly his dairy cows. 



He should raise his own stock, and care should be taken in 

 the selection of breeds which combine most of tlic qualities 

 desired, and then by proper care, purity of blood should be 

 transmitted to tlicir offspring. By this plan, above any other, a 

 farmer may feel a confidence that he is pursuing at least a sen- 

 sible mode of replenishing his yard with valuable animals. 



A. G. Hill, Chairman. 



