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By M. P. Wilder, Dorchester, 1 three-fourths Durham. 

 " J. J. Di\well, W. Roxbury, 1 Aldernej. 



" A.D.Weld, " 1 one-half Durham one-half Ayrshire. 



" Lemuel Billings, Quincy, 1 Durham. 



The premiums for Cows in milk, which were accompanied witli 

 written certificates of their yield, were awarded as follows, viz. : — 

 S. J. Capen, Dorchester, first premium, for his one-half 



Ayrshire and one- half Durham Cow, . . . $10.00 

 Francis Guild, Dedham, second premium, for his Native, 8.00 



J. J. Dixwell, W. Roxbury, third do. do. Alderney, (5.00 



J. W. Clark, Dedham, fourth do. do. Native, 4.00 



A gratuity is recommended of $3 to M. P. Wilder, for his Native 

 Cow "Brindle," which was excluded from the Society's premium, 

 having taken the first last year. 



Your Committee would also recommend a gratuity of $3 to S. R. 

 Spaulding, of West Roxbury, for his very beautiful Jersey Cow, 

 which, in the absence of a written certificate, was not entitled to any 

 premium. 



Premiums on Cows, not less than three years old, of the following 

 breeds : — 



Jersey — first premium to J. J. Dixwell, W. Roxbury, . $5.00 

 " second " " Lyman Kinsley, Canton, . 3.00 



Ayrshire — first " none entitled. 



" second " to S. J. Capen, Dorchester, . 3.00 



Durham — first " " Lemuel Billings, Quincy, . 6.00 



" second " " S. J. Capen, Dorchester, . 3.00 



Grade— first " " S. J. Capen, " . 5.00 



" second " " Wm. T. G. Morton, W. Needham, 3.00 



Native — first " " Francis Guild, Dedham, . 5.00 



second " " J. W. Clark, " . 3.00 



Gratuities for stock, under this head, are recommended as follows: 



To A. D. Weld, W. Roxbury, for his Cow "Beauty," . $3.00 



" M. P. Wilder, Dorchester, " " Grade Cow, . . 2.00 



Special notice is taken in this connection of a very superior full 



blood Durham, owned by Dr. Wm. T. G. Morton, of Needham, 



not having been in his possession long enough to entitle him to a 



premium. Dr. Morton's statement is as follows : — " The Durham 



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