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pressed ; since April 20th, second crop, with a large bucket of 

 shorts and beets, night and morning. In the summer of 1849, 

 her feed was grass, in gallows hill pasture, with shorts and hay 

 at night. After September 1st she had good fall feed, without 

 water in the field, — watered night and morning only. Each of 

 the pastures was a mile and a half from home. 



In 1850, she has been pastured in a field of about one acre, 

 near home ; she has also had a peck or more of shorts, with hay 

 daily, after the grass was short. The pasture generally poor. 

 The milk is of the first quality. She calved April 29, 1849, 

 — calf with her eleven and a half days. Calved again March 

 7, 1850, — calf with her thirty-two and a half days. Annexed 

 is a record of the quantity of milk in pounds, given at each 

 milking. I have allowed the same quantity each day while 

 the calf was with her, that she averaged the week after. 



From this record it will appear, that in the sixteen months 

 milking time previous to this date, she has given 15,250 pounds 

 of milk, or 6,100 quarts. 

 Of this, I have sold and used 1274 quarts, at six cents per 



quart, for - - - - - ^76 44 



And 4826 quarts, at five cents per quart, - 241 30 



Total, ... - - ^317 74 



For her feed in the same time, I have paid - 104 74 



Leaving a profit of - - - - $213 00 



Her average yield for sixteen months milking time, was 



twelve and one-half quarts. 

 Salem, Sept. 26, 1850. 



On Heifers. 



There was awarded, for heifers in milk : — 

 To Philip L. Osborn, of Danvers, first premium, - $7 00 

 To Daniel Osborn, of Danvers, second premium, - 6 00 



And for heifers two years old, — 

 To Sylvester Cummings, of Danvers, first premium, 5 00 



