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year, — which is, of corn, 120 bushels, potatoes, 100 bushels, tur- 

 nips, 45 bushels, beets and carrots, 5 bushels, cabbages, 135, 

 pumpkins, $8 00, beans, 4 bushels, English hay, 10 tons. All the 

 cultivated or grass land, except the sheep pasture, is about ten 

 acres. About 225 rods of stone-wall has been made since 1840. 

 I work at carpenter's work through the summer, so that most of 

 the labor is done in winter, in collecting materials for manure. 

 My father, now 74 years of age, my brother, who is a practising 

 physician, and a boy ten years old, have also worked on the 

 farm. 



Barnstable, Nov. 8, 1847. 



Milch Cows. 



There were only three cows, that came within the society's 

 limits in regard to age, presented for premium. One from 

 Joseph Huckins, of Barnstable, six years old last spring, calved 

 in May last, gave, from the 10th to the 20th of June, 18 qts. of 

 milk per day, from which were manufactured 1^ lbs. butter ; and 

 from the 10th to the 20th of Sept., 12 quarts per day, making 

 1 lb. of butter. Her feed, pasturage alone. The committee 

 award, to Capt. Huckins, the first premium of $6 00. 



One four years old cow, from Edward Thacher, of Yarmouth, 

 from the 10th to the 20th of June, gave an average of 14f quarts 

 of milk per day, weighing 36| lbs. ; and from the 10th to the 

 20th of Sept., 12 quarts per day. A considerable quantity of 

 the milk having been daily sold, the quantity of butter, which 

 might have been made, could not be correctly ascertained. A 

 premium for the second-best cow is awarded to Mr. Thacher, 

 of $5 00. 



A cow, belonging to Matthias Hinckley. The age we could 

 not ascertain. She now gives 7 quarts of milk per day. Her 

 two last calves, at the age of 6 weeks, weighed respectively 131 

 and 127 lbs. Her feed, pasture ; neither vegetables or grain have 

 ever been given her. A premium, for the third-best cow, is 

 awarded to Capt. Hinckley, of $4 00. 



