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tlic 20tli of August, and since that time, corn fodder once a 

 day. 



Another cow was entered by Enoch Caldwell, of Fitchburg, 

 who has owned her about four years, and supposes her to be 

 eight or nine years old. She gave, the first week in June, 237 

 pounds of milk, from which was made ten and a half pounds of 

 butter ; and the first week in September, she gave 220 pounds 

 of milk. She has had no extra keeping, having been fed through 

 the winter on hay and corn fodder only, and through the sum- 

 mer has fed in a quite dry pasture ; but since the first of Au- 

 gust, has had green stalks twice each day. 



The remaining one of these animals is owned by John P. 

 Sabin, of Fitchburg. She is of the Durham breed, eight years 

 old, calved 7th of March, the calf weighing at one day old, 108 

 pounds. She gave the first week in June, 266^ pounds of milk, 

 and the first week in September, 202 pounds of milk, being 

 4681- pounds for the two weeks — being nearly thirteen and a 

 half quarts per day. Amount of butter for the week in June, 

 ten and a half pounds, and for the week in September, eight 

 and three-quarters pounds. 



The pasture in June was decently good ; in September rather 

 short. One quart of meal or two quarts of shorts, night and 

 morning, has been her usual feed through the year. 



These are all fine animals and good milkers. The committee 

 having fully considered all the particulars respecting them, — 

 the time at which they severally calved, the quantity and quality 

 of their milk, and especially the expense of keeping of each, — 

 have unanimously awarded the premiums at their disposal, as 

 follows : — 



To Joseph P. Reed, of Princeton, the first premium ; to 

 Nathan B. Reed, of Princeton, the second premium ; and the 

 third premium, for want of a fourth, they award to Enoch Cald- 

 well and John P. Sabin, jointly, to be divided between them. 



E. ToEREY, Chairman* 



