STOCK. 14T 



MIDDLESEX. 



Statement of John W. Adams. 



I offer for the society's premium my grade lieifer, 

 " Katlirina," three years old. 



My method of raising calves is as follows : They are taken 

 immediately from the cow and taught to drink, first, warm 

 milk directly from the mother, four to six quarts per day, and 

 continued about a month ; then about a great spoonful of rye 

 or oil meal with a handful of shorts is thrown into a pail, boil- 

 ing water poured upon it (frequently a very little salt thrown 

 in,) cooled off by the addition of a quart of milk, and water 

 enough to make three quarts of drink of about the tempera- 

 ture of milk right from the cow. This is given, morning and 

 evening, to each calf, and continued for two or three months ; 

 then gradually withdrawn, and a little dry shorts, or meal, and 

 roots are substituted. It seems to me to be necessary, in order 

 to have good and thrifty animals, that during all the time of 

 raising, and ever after, either good, grass or English hay should 

 be accessible. This last matter I deem of vital importance ; for 

 no more can a calf be starved, or given barely enough to live 

 on, with impunity, than can a child. I would add, also, that 

 gentleness and kindness, without too much petting, should 

 always mark your dealings with the brute creation. 



This heifer was raised by myself. I have owned her dam 

 and grand-dam, both of whom were extra cows in quantity and 

 quality of milk. 



WORCESTER SOUTH. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



cows, HEIFERS AND BULLS. 

 Ayrshires. 

 It is conceded that the cow affords more luxury to man than 

 he derives from any other source. Without her, berries and 

 milk, strawberries and cream, the fine cheese and the golden 

 butter, would never grace our tables. Without butter our beef- 

 steak would be indifferent. Our vegetables we should think 

 unpalatable, our toast tasteless, and our bread unbuttered we 

 should hardly think we could eat. But with butter it forms 

 more than half of man's living. Then if milk and its products 



