112 WORCESTER SOCIETY. 



She has made through the summer 3225 pounds of milk. She 

 has been kept alone, with no other feed than hay and pasture. 

 She calved the 20th of April last. The calf was taken from the 

 cow when four days old, which I sold for $2. Raised in 

 Shrewsbury, by myself. 



Shrewsbury, Sept. 22, 1847. 



Steers. 



Of three years old steers there were ten entries, of two years 

 old, ten, and of yearlings, three. In awarding premiums, the 

 committee took into consideration, not only the relative size and 

 appearance of the animals exhibited, but also the promise of the 

 animals, for their usefulness as working oxen, when they shall 

 have arrived at the stature of perfect oxen. Or, in other words, 

 they had regard to the past, present and future, knowing that 

 their early habits and education had much to do with their pres- 

 ent appearance and future usefulness, and that a right sort of 

 training, during their early years, is of the greatest importance 

 in regard to their character as oxen. 



The committee would congratulate the society, that the prom- 

 ise of oxen in coming years, is so very flattering. And they 

 would again remind the farmers of this county, that much de- 

 pends upon the early training of steers. Let not this branch of 

 your business be neglected. Spare no pains. Select the most 

 approved breeds ; the additional expense will be but trifling when 

 compared with the advantage to be gained in rearing your own 

 cattle and those of the best quality. And do not forget to teach 

 them early to bear the yoke, for thus you will better enable them 

 to endure the " heat and burden of the day." 



JOHN A. DANA, Chairman. 



Poultry. 



The committee find twenty-eight varieties of the domestic fowl, 

 and twenty-three more, very little known in this region. Mr. 



