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Let me ask those who are inclined to sneer at the merits of 

 thorough-bred animals : Could the " Native " or " Grade " 

 stock ever have reached the position they now hold in public 

 estimation without the help of the thorough-bred ? I claim that 

 the good qualities of our common stock are largely due to the 

 influence of the thorough-bred blood from which,, in some way 

 or other, they are more or less descended. 



As an instance of how a drop (as it were) of thorough-bred 

 blood will cling to an animal, let me give a case which has 

 lately come under my notice. 



The famous cow " Sibyl," fifteen-sixteenths Jersey and with 

 one-sixteenth Ayrshire blood in her veins, although 13 years 

 old and always bred to Jersey bulls, has lately dropped a red 

 calf, showing almost conclusively that the Ayrshire blood has 

 at last asserted its right to be seen in her offspring. , 



Now, I believe it is just tliese drops (as it were) of thorough- 

 bred blood to which, in a great part, we owe the good qualities 

 of many of our so-called " Natives." 



J. D. W. FRENCH, Chairman. 



MILCH COWS. 



The Committee on Milch Cows award to Henry G. Kimball, 

 of Bradford, the first premium of $15 and diploma, for his 

 four-year-old grade Dutch cow. 



The second premium of $10, to G. W. Herrick, of Glouces- 

 ter, for his grade cow, seven years old. 



The first premium of $10 and diploma, to Francis Dane, of 

 Hamilton, for his thorough-bred Jersey cow Minnie, eight 

 years old. 



Committee — Benjamin P. Ware, James P. King, William R. 

 Putnam, Moses A. Plummer. 



