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condition. From the returns of the society in 1861, it appears 

 that in that year it paid out $611.70 in premiums, and that the 

 town of Framinghani received $311.09. Natick received 

 $66.52, which was the next largest sum received hy any town. 



The exhibition of the present year was a perfect success. 

 The show of cattle was large, and of superior quality. All the 

 improved breeds were fully represented, and I noticed particu- 

 larly the improved Short-horns of Mr. White, of South Fram- 

 ingliam, the hardy and beautiful Pevons of Mr. Buckminster, 

 and the fine Ayrshires of Mr. Peters, of Southborough. One 

 of the animals of Mr. Peters' herd on exhibition was his noted 

 cow Jean Amour, six years old. From his statement it appears 

 that she dropped her last calf May 30th, that for thirty days in 

 June she gave an average of 50 pounds and a fraction per 

 day ; for thirty-one days in July she gave 51 pounds and a 

 fraction ; for thirty-one days in August 46|- pounds ; for twenty- 

 two days in September, 47^ pounds per day, making for one 

 hundred and fourteen days an aggregate of 5,612 pounds, or 

 an average of 49 pounds 3 ounces per day, from June 1st to 

 September 22d. Her milk was set for three days in July, and 

 S pounds 3 ounces of butter made from it. She weighed on 

 the 22d of September, 976 pounds. This yield is one of the 

 most, if not the most, remarkable of any cow of any breed on 

 record. 



Of sheep there was a large show ; the animals were of the 

 Cotswold, South Down and Oxford Down breeds. Horses, 

 swine, and poultry were largely represented, and eacli was the 

 best of its kind. The indoor exhibition of vegetables, roots, 

 flowers, butter, cheese, bread, agricultural implements, and 

 domestic manufactures was particularly fine, and attracted 

 universal attention. The ploughing match was a spirited and 

 successful affair, and brought out finely the skill of ploughmen 

 and teams in this branch of farm labor. The exhibition as 

 a whole, and in all its parts, was, so far as I was able to 

 observe, well calculated to promote the interest of agriculture, 

 and to stimulate the farmers of the society to excellence in the 

 various l)ranches of their calling ; and the bounty of the State 

 is dispensed for its legitimate purpose. 



Levi Stockbridge. 



