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Shrewsbury, one ; and Mr. William Eames, of Worcester, 

 one. 



The various premiums offered by the society, your commit- 

 tee would distribute as follows : 



To Mr. Samuel Ellsworth, of Barre, the first premium in 

 the first class, $25, for the best dairy of five cows, from a stock 

 of not less than five. Mr. Ellsworth's stock was represented 

 by his gray, half Durham cow, Georgianna, five years old. 

 She shows marks of very superior milking qualities, and the 

 certificate of her owner shows, that during- the first ten days 

 of June, she gave 510 pounds of milk, or an average of 51 

 pounds a day, and during the first ten days of September, she 

 gave 333 pounds, or an average of 33|^ pounds a day. This 

 was the only cow present of his stock. The trial of the others 

 gave the following results. The second cow. Red Rose, eight 

 years old, half Durham, on the first trial gave 418| pounds of 

 milk, or 41| pounds a day, and on the second trial, 287^ 

 pounds, or 28f pounds a day. The third cow, Barre Star, 

 eight years old, half Durham, on the first trial gave 414f 

 pounds of milk, or an average of 41| pounds a day, and on 

 the second, 266| pounds, an average of 26| pounds a day. 

 The fourth cow. Gray Heifer, five years old, half Durham, on 

 the first trial gave 359| pounds of milk, or an average of 36 

 pounds a day nearly, and on the second, 230| pounds, an av- 

 erage of 23 pounds a day. The fifth cow, Ayrshire, five years 

 old, pure Ayrshire, on the first trial, gave 382|- pounds of milk, 

 an average of 38 pounds a day, and on the second, 221 pounds, 

 an average of 22 pounds a day. Mr. Ellsworth's certificate 

 was duly filled out, except in the item of live weight. No 

 scales were to be found within five miles of his house, and in 

 view of the difficulties of the case, and the trouble and expense 

 to which he has been subjected in producing the weight of 

 two, the committee think that the society ought, for the weight 

 of the rest, to take the estimate of the two best men that could 

 be found in his precinct. 



To Mr. Jabez Rice, of Worcester, a premium of $15, being 

 the first premium in the second class, for the best dairy of 

 three cows, from a stock of not less than five. All of Mr. 

 Rice's cows were present in the pens. The first cow, ten years 



