ON MILCH COWS AND HEIFERS. 21 



Charles W. Lord, of Beverly, also presented for inspection a fine 

 cow, 5 years old. 



John Marsh, of Danvers, entered for premium, a very fine cow, 

 7 years old, of native breed, and raised by himself; had he been 

 able to have given the Committee an account of the whole product 

 of her milk .hrough the season, without relying on estimates and 

 averages, this cow might possibly have come in competition with the 

 best that were exhibited. 



For two year old heifers, they award the first premium of five 

 dollars to Samuel C. Pitman, of Lynn ; and the second premium of 

 three dollars to Eben King, of Danvers. 



For yearling heifers, the first premium of five dollars, to Samuel 

 C. Pitman, of Lynn, and the second premium of three dollars, to 

 Robert Kimball, of Ipswich. 



Your Committtee, in awarding these premiums, have endeavoured, 

 as far as was practicable, to carry out, what they considered the 

 views of the Trustees, and of the Society, by aiming to reward the 

 skill of the owners of cows and heifers, in training and keeping 

 them, in the best and most economical manner, rather than to reward 

 them for their good fortune in being able to find and purchase those 

 already trained, and expensively fed by others. For this reason, 

 where there were two animals equally balanced as to merit, the one 

 purchased, and the other raised and trained by the claimant himself, 

 they thought it their duty to give the preference to the latter. 



It is important that the best breeds of cows should be sought, and 

 no less important that they should be properly trained up and well 

 fed. All may well know that one good cow is worth much moro 

 than two ordinary ones, and even cows of good breeds have often 

 been ruined by improper management while young, they, like some 

 of the human race, frequently contract vicious habits in early life ; 

 they sometimes learn to be unruly by being in bad company, or en- 

 closed with bad fences ; they often early learn to push with the 

 horns, and become uneasy and troublesome to milk ; they should be 

 carefully and gently used ; they will, thus used, better give down 

 their milk ; for this reason, the gentle female hand is often much 

 more appropriate for this purpose than that of the opposite sex. 

 Cows should be milked quick, and milked clean, or they will soon 

 shrink in their milk, and the best, thus, reduced to ordinary cows. 

 Our female friends will pardon us fur saying, that it is considered one 



