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the New England Farmer, and gives him a preference over the 

 horse. The first premium bull was a full blooded Durham, three 

 years old, and weighed 2010 pounds. 



The Hampden agricultural society gave four premiums on milch 

 cows: the first to G. W. Sizer, who stated that during seven days 

 in June, his cow gave 426 pounds of milk, averaging 61 pounds 

 per day; greatest quantity 66| pounds: keeping, hay and grass, 

 with one quart of bran per day. (Not informed what breed she 

 is of) Carlton Thayer's cow winning the second premium, gave 

 63 pounds per day from the 10th to the 20th of June, and 45 

 pounds from the 10th to the 20th of September. Josiah Brown- 

 ell won the third premium. His cow produced 60 pounds from 

 May to the 20th June, and 40 pounds from the 20th August to 

 the 20th September. Keeping hay and grass alone. Miner 

 Hitchcock's cow produced 55 pounds of milk per day on grass 

 alone during the month of June, and 17^ pounds of butter from 

 10th to the 21st September. Other excellent cows were exhibit- 

 ed, one of which belonged to Dr. W. H. Cleveland, of Spring- 

 field, and which furnished milk which sold in sixteen months, 

 amounted to $234.55. 



Another receipt for compost, and cost — 135 bushels of leached 



ashes, 62 cents per load, $6 25 



40 loads shell lime, 8 00 



10 loads of peat, 6 25 



1^^ cords of chip dirt, 2 50 



6 hogsheads of refuse liquor from paper-mill,-- 3 00 



38 loads cost $33 25 



For making poudrette, the gentleman says, take a hogshead or 

 barrel with dry peat and add old fish brine and unleached ashes, 

 and saturate with human urine. It is considered the best and 

 cheapest manure which is ever used, being adapted to every kind 

 of soil. 



Berkshire Agricultural Society. 



The Berkshire Agricultural Society held its fair on the 1st and 

 2d days of October in 1845. The first day is devoted to the ex- 



