STOCK. 169 



No. 5, aged twelve years, calved February 2, 1872 ; weight 

 of milk, forty-nine pounds. 



No. 6, aged three years (second calf), calved September 

 15, 1872 ; weight of milk September 20, forty-six pounds. 



No. 7, aged seven years, calved October 29, 1871 ; weight 

 of milk, forty-eight pounds. 



No. 8, aged ten years, calved April 10, 1872 ; weight of 

 milk, forty-five pounds. 



No. 9, aged eight years, calved in the spring of 1872 ; weight 

 of milk September 1, thirty-six pounds. 



During the winter-months I feed hay and in summer " fodder- 

 corn," and in addition each cow receives per day eight quarts 

 of corn-meal, or sixteen quarts of wheat-shorts, or nine quarts 

 of rye-shorts, or twenty-four quarts of "brewer's grains," or a 

 portion of these at times mixed together, as I consider a change 

 and variety of feed of gi-eat importance, because it seems to 

 keep the stomach in better condition and gives a heartier 

 relish for the food. 



I give salt twice daily immediately after eating the grain ; 

 the stock is then watered, in winter using warm water. 



The stock is kept in a dark stable which is kept thoroughly 

 clean and dry, standing on a plank-floor, bedded with sand 

 and straw. Each cow is tied with a rope and is carded and 

 groomed carefully every day ; on pleasant summer nights they 

 are turned into a dry enclosure. 



I attend to the stock myself and see that their wants are 

 properly supplied, and my management carefully and syste- 

 matically carried out. Respectfully, 



M. C. Graves. 

 Springfield, Oct. 1, 1872. 



HOOSAC VALLEY. 



From the Report of the Committee. 

 Bulls. — For the first time the committee were directed to 

 award premiums only to animals having a satisfiictory pedi- 

 gree as thoronghbred. This distinction was given in obedi- 

 ence to the mandate of the State Board of Agi-iculture directed 

 to all the incorporated agricultural societies in the Common- 

 wealth. With this rule the committee have no fault to find. 



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