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nection. On page 127 of said Report, I find account of a 

 fat ox, four years old, grade Durham, weight 2,200 lbs. 

 Another, weight 2,1G0 lbs. ; also a fat cow, weight 1,575 lbs. 

 On page 239, a pair of twin three-year-old steers are reported 

 as weighing 3,620 lbs. ; another pair, weight 3,5G5 lbs. ; an- 

 other, 3,140 lbs., and still another at 2,940 lbs. Also a 

 pair of two-year-old steers at 2,750 lbs., and yearling steers 

 weighing, respectively, 1,905 lbs., 1,885 lbs. and 1,846 lbs. 

 Also, on next page, mention is made of a pair of fat oxen, 

 four years old, weighing 4,370 lbs. ; of a fat cow, weighing 

 1,760 lbs. ; also a fat three-year-old steer, weight 1,890 lbs. 

 On page 298 of same Report we find account of four yoke 

 of fat oxen from the town of Shelburne, whose averaoe 

 weight was 2,002 lbs. per head ; and of one yoke from same 

 town, six years old, which weighed 5,555 lbs., with the fol- 

 lowing^ statement of the manner and cost of raisinix them : 

 " When calves, they were fed the first three months with 

 skimmed milk, with a little meal ground from a mixture of 

 three parts oats, two of rye and one of corn. At three 

 months old they were turned to pasture till winter. From 

 that time to June last (five and a half years), they consumed 

 in all about fifteen bushels of meal, which was fed mostly to 

 them during spring work. They were broken when two 

 years old, and worked regularly on the farm until one year 

 ago. From June last to this date, Sept. 29, they have been 

 fed with meal twice a day, and have consumed in all 85 

 bushels of j^rovender, mostly corn and oats. Total value 

 $56.60. They have never been over-fed always leaving a 

 clean manger. They were six years old last March, are 

 seven-eighths Durham, were both sired by the celebrated 

 Deerfield bull known as the Childs bull." The committee 

 say, "Although now very fat, for aught that appears they 

 may continue to increase in size and fatness for a long time 

 to come." 



The early reports of the Massachusetts Board of Agricult- 

 ure have many records of short-horn cattle which are equally 

 noteworthy ; and the only reason that we fail to find them 

 of late years is because "statements" are almost wholly 

 excluded on account' of lack of space at command of the 



