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animals were on the ground. Perhaps there was less superior- 

 ity over former years in this than in most other departments. 

 Nothing occurs to us of importance in addition to the report of 

 the special committee. 



The committee on town teams speak of these as having heen 

 surpassed in no former year. " The exhibitors have done honor 

 to the show." 



The special committee on miscellaneous stock remark, that 

 in their depaitment were found some of tlie most prominent 

 features of the show. The herd of Mr. Lathrop consisting of a 

 bull, six cows, and a large number of young stock, all thorough 

 bred. Great thanks are due for their presence at the show. 



W. C. GoLDTHWAiT, Chairman. 



HAMPSHIRE. 



Statement of William A. Stearns. 



Cow AND Calf. — My cow Juno, I suppose, to be about two- 

 thirds Durham. She is an excellent milker, both as to the 

 quantity and quality. Her mother, still thriving, is considered 

 the best cow in Cambridge. Two years ago last May and June, 

 for nineteen days in succession, she gave on an average, twenty 

 quarts a day, measured milk, without the froth, in old milk 

 measure, and nearly as much a day for a good while after. It 

 was difficult to dry her up. She is now farrow, has given milk 

 eighteen months, and still gives ten quarts a day. Thus 

 much of the mother of Juno. Her grandmother sometimes 

 gave twenty-two quarts a day, in tlie height of feed, as the 

 mother also did occasionally. My cow, though uncommonly 

 good, has never equalled either of them. She has distinguished 

 herself above her progenitors by the very large size of her 

 calves. 



The calf which I present herewith, was dropped on the 20th 

 of August, and accordingly, will be seven weeks old on the first 

 day of the fair. He was taken off from the cow about the third 

 day, and has been fed chiefly on skim-milk ever since. He now 

 eats some grass, and sometimes takes a little meal with his milk. 

 He was sired by Mr. Sweetser's full blood Ayrshire. 



