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finger on any point, and say, in this respect at least we have made 

 some progess ? It may be that your committee have not full knowl- 

 edge on this subject ; but we are satisfied that if the stock " which 

 boasts of a long line of ancestry of the purest and most approved 

 breeds," and is not tainted with a drop of " ignoble blood," is not 

 more productive, so far as the dairy is concerned, than it is generally 

 reported to bj, it is better adapted to a royal than a republican ter- 

 ritory. In conclusion, we hesitate not to say, that we have tlie ele- 

 ments of as good milch cows, as there are any where, and that if 

 men who have the means, will apply science and enlightened judg- 

 ment to their developement, instead of going abroad for cows, we 

 can furnish better of our o\Yn, than can be found elsewhere in the 

 wide world. 



For the Committee, 



T. E. PAYSON. 



Salem, Sept. 2T, 1849. 



HENRY POORS STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Bulls : 



Gentlemen, — I offer for premium a Bull, eighteen mouths old, 

 weighing 1052 pounds. He is the third calf from a cow having pro- 

 duced a heifer for which $100 was offered when three years old. 

 His origin is partly of the Vaughn stock, imported, and scattered on 

 the Kennebeck river, many years since, which has been crossed par. 

 tially by the Durham, mixing the two with the native breed, and pro- 

 ducing the best stock driven to our market, as all dealers will attest. 



He probably is more of the native than any other blood ; hence I 

 call him the " New England," as being appropriate to his pedigree, 

 and in harmony with my views of the value of Native American 

 Stock. 



He has been kept on ordinary pasture feed ; his growth has been 

 about twelve pounds a week, as we have weighed him from time to 

 time ; but he has never been forced in his growth. During the sea- 

 son, be has served about twenty cows. 



Respectfully, H. POOR. 



North Andover,- Sept. 26, 1819. 



