IV PREFACE. 



The Jersey bull "Abraham," No. 1 Jersey Herd Book, is owned by the 

 city of Boston, and kept at Deer Island. He is fawn and white ; calved in 

 1863. Dam, " Buttercup 4th ; " sire, " Commodore," imported from stock 

 imported by John H. Henshaw, of Brookline, Mass. 



" Lady Milton," 136 Jersey Herd Book, is a fawn and white, calved May 

 24, 1864, owned by James C. Converse, of Arlington. She was bred by 

 J. C. Aldrich, of Milton, from stock from the herds of Mr. Motley and Mr. 

 Henshaw. Her extraordinary yield of butter is given on page 155. 



The AjTshire bull " Honest John," No. — , New Ayrshire Herd Book, bred 

 and owned by William Birnie, of Springfield, is a dark red and white ; 

 sire, " John Anderson," No. 33 Ayrshire Herd Book ; calved March 20, 1864 ; 

 dam, " Daisie 4th," No. 46 ; grand-dam, " Daisie 2d," No. 45 ; grand grand- 

 dam, " Daisie," imported by Capt. Randall. Sweepstakes at the New England 

 Fair at Brattleboro'. 



" Flora," Ayrshire Herd Book, No. 74, owned by William Birnie, dark 

 red and white, calved 1857 ; bred by George Richmond, Scotland ; imported 

 in 1859. 



The celebrated stallion " Draco Prince " is owned by John R. Poor, of 

 Somerville, Mass. "Draco Prince" is from Black Hawk and Messenger 

 stock. He Is seven years old, sixteen hands high, and weighs 1,080 pounds. 

 His color is black. He has trotted in 2.25^. 



My thanks are due also to the inventors and manufacturers of the machines 

 illustrated In the Report, for the use of cuts designed to give some Idea of the 

 recent improvements in agricultural mechanics as shown at the various county 

 fairs. 



CHARLES L. FLINT. 



Boston, January 22, 1868. 



