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to the dairy and dairy animals. This work has been most 

 widely diffused, with the happiest results. It is a manual which 

 should be in every farmer's possession. 



Peter LAWSON,/or Committee. 



Statement of C. W. Smith. 



I offer for the society's premium my herd of cattle, consisting 

 of a bull, seven cows, and a heifer. The bull is Ayrshire. The 

 cows and heifer are grades, with the exception of two natives. 

 The grades are crossed with Devon, Durham, Ayrshire, and Dutch 

 blood. Two of them I raised myself, one was raised in Lexing- 

 ton, by Andrew Wellington, one in Concord from G. M. Bar- 

 rett's stock, and the rest were raised in New Hampshire. Two 

 of the herd are eight years old, two of them are six years old, 

 two four years old, and one three. Their feed in winter has 

 been swale hay and corn fodder, with about a peck of turnips, 

 and from one to two quarts of cob meal per day. In summer 

 they have common pasturing ; when the feed is very short, I 

 give them one feed of green corn fodder or millet per day, but 

 no grain of any kind. The quantity of milk given by each cow, 

 soon after calving, is as follows : No. 1, 23 quarts per day ; No. 

 2, 19 quarts ; No. 3, 18 quarts ; No. 4, 18 quarts ; No. 5, 15 

 quarts ; No. 6, 14 quarts ; No. 7, (the heifer,) 12 quarts. 



The quality of their milk is above the average. "We churned 

 three meals of their milk this week, and made at the rate of 45 

 pounds of very extra butter in seven days. 



Three of them have been in milk eight months ; two of them 

 five months ; the others came in the present month. 



The profits of my dairy I cannot state very accurately. I 

 have sold my milk for 30 cents per can of 8^ quarts. 



I claim that my cows are superior for quantity and quality of 

 milk. 



Waltham, September 28. 18G4. 



Statc7nent of John C. Dillon. 

 I offer for your award my herd of cattle, consisting of eight 

 milch cows and heifers, one yearling heifer, and three heifer 

 calves, viz. : 



