NEAT STOCK. 36T 



years. Feed, nothing but common pasture. Breed, three- 

 fourths Durham. Go dry from eight to ten weeks. 



Quantity of milk for one week ending June 11, 1856, 1,148 

 lbs. Butter made from same, 45 lbs. Cheese made from same 

 cows one week ending June 28, 103 lbs, ; during this time, milk 

 and cream from the above-mentioned dairy was used freely by 

 two families of four persons each. 



The best cow of the five came in more than thirteen months 

 before the trial, and was to come in again in less than five 

 months, which would have made, with the milk used in the two 

 families, a difference of 5 to 6 lbs. of butter, and 12 to 15 lbs. 

 of cheese, making the result — butter, 50 lbs. ; cheese, about 

 125 lbs. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



Steers. — The committee on three and four year old steers 

 attended to their duty of examining stock at a late hour, on 

 account of circumstances beyond their control. There were 

 nine pairs of each came under our examination, and one pair of 

 each that had no weight given, consequently there were eight 

 pairs of four year olds which averaged thirty-six hundred and 

 eight pounds the pair, and the heaviest pair weighed forty-three 

 hundred pounds ; of the three year olds, the average weight 

 was thirty-one hundred and sixty-eight pounds, and the heaviest 

 pair weighed thirty-five hundred and ninety poniids. Your 

 committee are of the opinion that the meal dish must have been 

 used to accomplish sucli results as the above. We think the 

 above shows that the farmers of Franklin county are not in the 

 back-ground in raising stock, if they are in other farming mat- 

 ters. We should be glad to impress upon cveiy farmer the 

 importance of giving liis stock, great and small, a reasonable 

 supply of meal during the winter season. It will not be lost, 

 but appear in good beef in due time. We would also recom- 

 mend every one who keeps stock, to give them during the fod- 

 dering season as much hay as they will cat, at regular intervals 

 duiing the day. We venture to say, that if you ask the breeders 

 of good slock here to-day what rules they observe in regard to 

 feeding, they will tell you it is at regular hours, whether two or 

 tliree times each day, and as much as they will eat. 



James Childs, Chairman, 



