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bought, she has given 9.281^ lbs. or 26}f j} lbs. per day, aver- 

 age, or 10^ quarts per day, (at 2\ lbs. per qt.) average. 



Her feed has been common dry hay in winter, with meal 

 and shorts twice each day, and in summer, she has been kept 

 in the Tov/n Pasture,, (so called,) where feed has been so short 

 that I have been obliged to feed, as in winter, with meal and 

 shorts twice each day. 



Salem, Sept. 25, 1851. 



Josiah Crosby^s Statement. 



I offer for premium my Ayrshire cow, seven years old. She 

 calved in April last. Durmg the month of June, she gave 

 upon an average, fifteen quarts of milk per day, and in a few 

 instances she gave eighteen quarts per day. She made in 

 seven days of that time, ten pounds of butter. 



She had run in a good pasture, but has had no extra feed of 

 any kind. She generally holds out till within a few days of 

 calving. 



North Andover, Sept. 25, 1851. 



Bulls. 



There were five bulls entered for premium, — also two calves 

 not entitled to premium. 



One of them, belonging to Jedediah Farnham, of Andover, 

 half Durham and half Devon, being in the estimation of the 

 committee a very superior animal, in size, form and general 

 appearance; we unanimously recommend to Mr. Farnham, a 

 gratuity of two dollars. 



We have awarded the first premium, of seven dollars, to Jo- 

 seph Kittredge, of Andover; the second premium, of six dol- 

 lars, to Joseph Henfield, of Lynnfield ; and the third premium, 

 of five dollars, to John Stone, Jr., of Marblehead. 



The bull of Mr. Kittredge, was from stock of Samuel 

 Lawrence, while he resided in Lowell, a North Devon, and 

 was unquestionably full blood. In the opinion of the com- 

 mittee he is a desirable animal to cross with any of our stock 

 for working purposes, and many of the half bloods may prove 



