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There was awarded to Mr. Farnham, for his best ox, the 



first premium, _ _ _ _ ^10 qO 



And the second premium, for his mate, - 8 00 



Dairy. 



The Committee, (John Stone Jr., Chairman) say that four- 

 teen lots of butter were presented for premiums, all of which 

 were good, but the quantity, in proportion to the number of 

 cows, does not come up to the amount that we believe would 

 be attained, by the same labor and expense, if more care should 

 be exercised in the selection of the best cows. The improve- 

 ment in dairy stock does not keep pace with other improve- 

 ments that are going on among us. We know that the butter 

 made in this county is equal in quality to any in the country, 

 and we believe it can be made equal in quantity by a more ju- 

 dicious selection of dairy stock. 



Warren AverilVs Statement. 



I present for inspection, one box of June butter, containing 

 twenty-five pounds, being a specimen of seventy-eight pounds, 

 made between the 1st of June and the 9th of July, from two 

 cows. Also, one box of September butter, containing thirty 

 pounds, being a specimen of two hundred and nine pounds, 

 made between the 20th of May and the 20th of September, 

 from the same cows. One of the cows calved the 1st of May, 

 the other the 27th of August ; the May calf I took off the 

 25th of May, the August calf 1 took off the 12th of Septem- 

 ber. We use all the milk for butter, except that for the family, 

 which on an average is one quart per day throughout the sea- 

 son. We make butter the year round, and sell no milk until 

 the cream is taken from it. In cold weather we find a ready 

 market for all the skim milk and butter-milk. In this way we 

 think it more profitable to make butter than to sell the milk 

 direct from the cow. After my cows come to the barn in the 

 fall, I give them two quarts of meal or fine feed each per day, 

 through the Avinter, until they go to pasture, and the best of 

 English hay. I find, in keeping cows in this way, they come 



