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be made with the Irish Kersy and the Herefords. The short 

 horns, or Durhams, have a mixture of their blood in the county, 

 mostly from the bull Admiral, and, although he was imported 

 many years ago, and kept, we believe, only at the farm of E. 

 Hersey Derby, in Salem, yet even now, his descendants show 

 size and points of fine form rarely to be met with and com- 

 bined in other varieties ; and none will deny that some of them 

 have proved first rate milkers. 



MOSES NEWELL, Chairman. 



On Fattening Cattle and Swine. 



Select the best formed cattle, from five to eight years old, 

 of quiet disposition and good appetite, inclining to fatten. After 

 the spring work is over, commence giving them the best pas- 

 turage during the summer, also the best fall feed until they 

 come to the barn ; then feed them with good hay and Indian 

 meal, at first from one to two quarts per day, gradually increas- 

 ing till six or eight quarts are given, until they are slaughtered, 

 or about fifteen bushels of meal to each animal. This process 

 furnishes the largest weight, the best quality of beef, com- 

 manding the highest price in the market, and at the present 

 prices, a profit to the owner. 



Also, with respect to fattening swine — select those weighing 

 about 100 pounds, which will cost about $5 00 each, purchas- 

 ing corn at the common rates. Keep them in a large, roomy 

 yard, with a good supply of loam from the road-side, and muck 

 from the swamp, giving them a dry room to lodge in. Feed 

 them with three quarts of corn per day for one year. This 

 will give 400 pounds of good pork, which has usually paid for 

 all the corn and the first cost of the animal ; and what is taken 

 from the yard, will pay well for all the labor which has been 

 expended. 



JEREMIAH COLMAN, Chairman. 



