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She's broad in her ribs and long in her rump, 

 A straight and flat back with never a hump ; 

 She's wide in her hips and calm in her eyes, 

 She's fine in her shoulders and thin in her thighs. 



She's light in her neck and small in her tail. 

 She's wide in her breast and good at the pail, 

 She's fine in her bone and silky of skin, 

 She's a grazier's without and a butcher's within." 



Others might be quoted, but enough has already been said to 

 guide the inexperienced in the selection of cows. 



In conclusion, the committee would state that the venerable 

 cow, mentioned in last year's report, owned in Milton, is still in 

 good health, being now nearly twenty-five year's old ; and they 

 would further say that her owner has two other cows, one of 

 which was bought in 1839 and the other in 1840. Consequently, 

 each of them must now be over twenty, and probably twenty- 

 two or twenty-three, making the united ages of three cows, 

 owned by the same person, nearly or quite seventy years. 



This circumstance is not mentioned with the belief that cows 

 of such an age are profitable, but because it is thought that 

 another such an instance of longevity in cows can scarcely be 

 found. 



Elijah Tucker. 

 Milton, October, 1857. 



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ESSEX. 



Report of the Committee. 



Brood Mares. — The committee on brood mares report that 

 they are pleased to note the improved condition of such stock 

 within the few past years. Farmers are just beginning to realize 

 the difference in breeding from old, worn-out stock, and from 

 young and sound animals, of good speed and spirits, and that 

 bring colts that sell at a year old for hundreds of dollars. Many 



