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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



1861. 



1862. 



November, 1860, to March, 1862, 291 pounds of butter were 

 made. Her feed in summer was pasturage alone. During the 

 winter, hay, 2 quarts meal, and 10 pounds carrots or beets 

 daily. Her yield for the month of September, 1862, was 

 1,192 pounds, an average of 39| pounds a day. The cost of 

 keeping her for the 22 months was '$147. Tiic value of her 

 product, $277.60 ; net profit, $120.60. Singular as it may 

 seem, she is as beautiful in form as excellent in behavior. 

 Such a cow is quite a handy thing in a small family. 



HORSES. 



MIDDLESEX. 



From the Reports of Committees. 

 Farm Horses. — The committee were pleased to see so good 

 a display of horses, and to see them so well driven. Of all the 

 horses offered there were but four that were not able and 

 willing to draw the loads. The farmdrs of Middlesex are fast 

 turning their attention to the advantages of horses for all kinds 



