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to June, and the rest of the year at 50 cents ; making the whole 

 cost for the year about $75 per head. 



As such a difference of opinion prevails as to the average yield 

 of milk from a stock of cows, I have ventured to present somewhat 

 at length the particulars herewith submitted, and if in the opinion 

 of the Committee they are considered of any importance, they may 

 be disposed of in such way as is judged best. 



Very respectfully, 



JouN H. Robinson. 

 To the Committee on Dairy. 



Dorchester, Sept. 21st, 1853. 



REPORT Ox\ BEES. 



The Committee on Bees report, That the honors of office were 

 more in the outward show, than the substantial fact. The Society 

 placed no premium at their disposal, and, therefore, the provocation 

 to competition was very small, and the labors of the Committee were 

 not at all onerous. 



One hive of Bees was presented by a gentleman not residing in 

 the County. It was the only hive. We liked it much. 



There is less furor for raising Bees in the County, than in tho 

 Bees when they are raised. "We have been penetrated with the con- 

 viction that they are a dangerous fraternity, and, in two important 

 particulars, are obnoxious to the laws of the land. 



Chap. 126, sec. 45, of the Revised Statutes provides, "that who 

 shall wilfully commit any trespass, by entering upon the garden, 

 orchard, or other improved land of another, without permission of the 

 owner thereof, with intent, &c., shall be punished by imprisonment 

 in the County Jail .... thirty days, and if the oifence be committed 

 on the Lord's day, the imprisonment, &c." 



Chap. 131, sec. 16, provides, " if any shall go armed with a dirk, 

 dagger, sword, &c., &c., he may be required, &c." 



That portion of our fellow citizens of whom we speak are verily 

 guilty of the violation of both these provisions. They steal remorse- 

 lessly, and that too of the choicest, of our fruit, and particularly on 



