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seventeen pounds, eight ounces butter, and from the 11th to 

 the 20th inclusive, produced in the aggregate, 385 pounds milk, 

 which made nineteen pounds, six ounces of butter. 



The fourth was offered by John G. Wilson, of West Stock- 

 bridge, who did not comply strictly with the regulations of the 

 society, but to whom we recommend the award of the fourth 

 premium of six dollars. This cow produced her calf, April 1st. 

 The owner does not give the amount of milk produced by his 

 cow, but during the second week of June, she produced fourteen 

 pounds of butter ; during the first ten days of July eighteen 

 pounds, eight ounces of butter ; during the first ten days of 

 August, sixteen pounds, and during the same time in Septem- 

 ber, fourteen pounds and fourteen ounces of butter. Her feed 

 was grass only. 



The fifth was presented by B. A. Race, of Egremont, who 

 did not comply in every particular with the rule, but to whom 

 we recommend the award of the fifth premium of five dollars. 

 This cow produced, during the first ten days of June, forty 

 pounds and twelve ounces milk per day, making fourteen 

 pounds and eleven ounces of butter ; during the same time in 

 July, forty pounds, eight ounces milk, daily, making thirteen 

 pounds, twelve ounces of butter, and during the same time 

 in August, thirty-seven pounds milk, daily, making eleven 

 pounds, eight ounces of butter. During all the above time, 

 she was pastured in the highway, and received the first month 

 two quarts of provender daily, and supplied two families during 

 the whole time. 



There were others presented which were deserving of special 

 notice, among which was one owned by Jared Lewis, of Great 

 Barrington, a cow, which for size, just proportions, and general 

 appearance, has but few equals in the county, and two others 

 offered by Samuel Rosseter, of Great Barrington, which show 

 that although he is in the decline of life, his taste for fine cows 

 is not in the least impared ; but as the owners of these cows 

 did not present to us the statement of their productions, we did 

 not feel at liberty to give to them a premium, however worthy 

 they may have been in other respects. 



The offer of premiums on two year old heifers, was made 



