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You will perceive that my cows all come in with calf in the 

 fall and winter, so that they had not the advantage of pastur- 

 ing, at the time of calving. They were well fed and cared 

 for, however, being kept in a warm barn and fed with great 

 care and regularity, and watered three times each day and 

 evening through the winter ; the last watering in the evening 

 at eight o'clock, which process is performed in the barn. My 

 feed is salt and English hay, about half each, with shorts and 

 grains mixed, say half a bushel to each cow in milk per day. 

 The cost of this feed of grain, is five cents per head each day. 

 My stock, in the spring, were all in first rate order, and would 

 sell^ for slaughter or fattening, for nearly as much per head as 

 they cost in the fall. 



In the summer, as my pasture is small, and does not afford 

 sufficient food, I raise corn fodder and begin to feed as early as 

 possible once a day, — recently, owing to the drought, twice 

 each day. The quantity that can be raised on an acre is such 

 as to make it, in my opinion, the cheapest and best crop that 

 can be raised for summer feeding. 



If, after taking into account the number of cows, you find 

 the yield such as to entitle me to the favorable consideration of 

 the committee, it will be acceptable to me, but not unless my 

 stock deserve it. It cannot be supposed that so large a stock 

 will be made to yield so much per head the year through as a 

 smaller stock. The yield per head for the whole year, I think 

 will not fall much short of one and a half gallons per day. 



Dorchester, Sept. 25, 1851. 



Bread. 



Simple as this aliment appears, it is susceptible of great im- 

 provement, by attention, labor, and a little philosophy. A hint 

 to the ladies, in any good work, is always sufficient. Your 

 committee would not venture even to make a suggestion on 

 this subject, were it not of vital importance to the community, 

 that good bread should be found upon the table of every person 

 in the country. 



