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yielded for one, or two, or three months, in pounds and in cu- 

 bic measure ; the actual amount of butter or cheese produced 

 in the time, and the quantity of milk and of cream required to 

 make a pound of butter or of cheese. There may be some 

 trouble in making these observations and experiments, but the 

 satisfaction of this exact knowledge is an ample compensation 

 for any trouble which it might cost. I am compelled to say, 

 that, in respect to most of the statements which men make in 

 regard to their stock, unless they are founded upon some such 

 exact measurements and observations continued for a length of 

 time, no reliance can be placed upon them. 



Another breed of cows has been introduced into the county, 

 from which great improvements in the dairy have been antici- 

 pated. These are the Ayrshire, the most celebrated dairy 

 stock of Scotland, The Massachusetts Agricultural Society, 

 with that eminent liberality and single desire to advance the 

 agricultural interests of the community which have always 

 marked all the proceedings of their board, imported an Ayrshire 

 bull and three cows. The gentleman empowered to select 

 them was well qualified for that object, and took particular 

 pains to carry the patriotic designs of the society into effect. 



The bull has been placed successively in different counties 

 of the State, and the cows distributed with different individuals, 

 P. C. Books, of Medford ; Elias Phinney, of Lexington ; and 

 Daniel Webster, of Marshficld. 



John P. Gushing, of Watertown, whose public spirit and re- 

 gard for the agricultural interests of the country have been dis- 

 played in the management of his farm, in the importation 

 of some of the best animals from abroad, and the gratuitous 

 distribution of their progeny among the farmers with a view 

 to improve their stock, has likewise imported some of the 

 finest animals, which skill and money could select, of the Ayr- 

 shire stock. 



It does not lie in my way to go into a history of this stock 

 in this place. They are generally agreed to be the best dairy 



