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warded to the other members of the committee, but from them 

 nothing has beeti received. "1 am of opinion," says Mr. Bod- 

 Avell; "that our native breed, if proper attention is paid to its 

 improveme^Tt, is quite as good as the foreign, or better, taking 

 into consideration the expense of keeping. I think that much 

 more attention should be paid to improve our native breed of 

 cows." Mr. BodweU does not seem to have conceived the idea 

 particularly of experimenting in the manner I have recommen- 

 ded, but agrees fully that our breed may be greatly improved, 

 by merely raising the best calves, and paying more attention to 

 the keeping. 



DAVID CHOATE, Chairman. 



FARXIIAM SPOFFORD'S STATEMENT. 

 I offer for premium my cow, called the -'Green Mountain." 

 She is 7 years old, and is about one-sixteenth Durham, the 

 other part is of native breed. She calved on the 9th of June. 

 We commeu'^ed keeping an account of her milk on the night 

 of the 18th of June. Last 11 3-4 days of .Tune she yielded 

 four hundred and ninety-five pounds of milk, 495 8 oz. 



July 1376 



August __._.- 1402 15 oz. 



Sept. 1 to 24th, inclusive - - - - 1060 



4,334 7 

 The last 11 3-4 days of June she yielded 24 1-4 lbs. of but- 

 ter, (we have milked her three times a day through the sea- 

 son.) The greatest yield in any one day was two pounds and 

 nine oz. Greatest yield of milk any one day was fifty-two 

 pounds and ten oz. In July the yield of butter was only fifty 

 lbs., the weather being unfavorable, and feed being short. In 

 August, commencing on the 18th and continuing one week, 

 she made 14 lbs. and 11 oz. butter; during 13 days in Sep- 

 tember she yielded 25 1-4 lbs. butter. 



This cow had no other feed than a common pasture, until 



