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which is 40 dollars per cow, then in three months and ten days 

 these seven cows would pay for themselves and one more of 

 equal price, or yield a return of more than one hundred and 

 fourteen per cent, for the same time. 



JAMES DRAPER, Chairman. 



Marshall J. Maynard^s Statement, 



I offer for premium three milch cows : — 



1st, (Phillipine) native breed, 7 years old, raised by myself, 

 calved March 3d last. Calf extra, and is raising. From the 

 middle of March to the 10th of May, she averaged a daily yield 

 of 36 lbs. milk. From the 1st to the 10 of June, inclusive, 

 she gave 294 lbs. 12 oz. milk, from which was produced 14 lbs. 

 6 oz. butter. In the same number of days (the 10 first) of 

 September, she gave 222 lbs. milk, which yielded 12 lbs. 8 oz. 

 butter. 



The second cow, (Dian) native breed, four years old, raised 

 by me — calved March 25th, calf fatted and killed at three 

 weeks and four days old, weighing 95 lbs. From the first to 

 the tenth of June, both inclusive, she gave 289 lbs. 12 oz. 

 milk, which yielded 13 lbs. 6 oz. butter; and in the first ten 

 days of September, she gave 201 lbs. 8 oz milk, from which 

 was made 12 lbs. butter. 



The third cow, (Lizzy) native breed, calved marched 20th — 

 she is eight years old and was raised by Nahum Eager, of 

 Northborough. From the 1st to the lOth of June, inclusive, 

 she gave 323 lbs. milk, from which was made 12 lbs. 12 oz. 

 butter, and in the ten first days of September, she yielded 234 

 lbs. milk, producing 10 lbs. butter. 



" My dairy consists of 7 cows and one 3 year old heifer. I 

 have sold the present season 924 lbs. butter — fatted 550 lbs. 

 veal, and raised three calves, good ones — have made what 

 cheese and butter was used in the family ; have raised 25 pigs — 

 sold ^21 25, and have $50 worth of pigs on hand. Have fed 

 stalks since 1st of September." 



William S. Lincoln's Statement. 

 I exhibit two cows, as competitors for the premium offered 



