200 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Applying liquid preparation for bugs, 



Harvesting, . . • • • 



Interest and taxes, say ...... 



Net profit, . . . . . . . 



PER CONTRA. 



Pure Hubbard, 2,459 pounds, 

 Large Blue, 541 " 



$57 31 



3,000 pounds, at 1^ cents, . . 137 50 



Marrow, &c., 1,981 " " 1 cent, . . . 19 81 



Total value, $57 31 



MiLFOUD, November 1, 1861. 



MILCH COWS. 



MIDDLESEX. 



Fro7n the Report of the Committee. 



Our own county of Middlesex, being so largely industrial and 

 manufacturing, gives the amplest encouragement to the dairy 

 farmer, almost every farm in it lying within reach of some 

 busy industrial centre, whose inhabitants require a constant 

 supply of lacteal fluid. The production of millv, then, is a 

 matter of the highest importance to the Middlesex farmer ; it 

 is his most marketable article.- The milch cow, which may be 

 called the foster mother of us all, should be foremost among 

 the domestic animals in the regards of our agriculturists. 

 The nutritious fluid secreted in her mammals contains every 

 element that is necessary for the growth and sustenance of man. 



Too much attention cannot be given in this region to the 

 breeding and management of neat cattle with reference to their 

 milking qualities. It is wonderful how plastic the frame of the 

 domestic animal is in the hands of the skilful breeder ; he can 

 wield it almost as he pleases, and can develop its'" powers and 

 capabilities in any given direction, by constantly keeping his 

 eye upon the end which ho lias in view, to an almost miracu- 

 lous extent. The Ayrshire cow, now so celebrated as a dairy 



