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old, native breed, on the first ten days of June gave 809| 

 pounds of milk, or 31 pounds a day on the average ; and on 

 the first ten days of September, 169 pounds, or 18 pounds a 

 day. The second cow, seven years old, native breed, on the 

 first trial gave 288 pounds of milk, or 28| pounds a day ; and 

 on the second, 171^^ pounds, or 17 pounds a day. The third cow, 

 four years old, one-eighth Devon, gave, on the first trial, 255 

 pounds of milk, or 25] pounds a day, and on the second trial, 

 130 pounds, or 13 pounds a day. Mr. Rice's certificate was 

 all duly filled out, according to the present regulations of the 

 society. 



To Mr. E. T. Rand, of Shrewsbury, $8, the first premium 

 in the fourth class, for the best single cow, kept alone or with 

 others, for his beautiful red, pure Durham cow, four years old. 

 The certificate of her owner shows, that on the first ten days 

 of June, she gave an average of 37 pounds of milk a day, and 

 on the first ten days of September, an average of 24 pounds. 



To Mr. William Eames, of Worcester, $5, being the second 

 premium in the fourth class, for his deep red, native cow, five 

 years old. The certificate of her owner states, that in the 

 June trial, she gave 369 pounds of milk, or 37 pounds a day, 

 and in the September trial, 235 pounds, or 23] pounds a day. 



Mr. Ebenezer Lincoln, of Grafton, presented a very fine 

 young cow, four years old, one-half Durham breed, but with- 

 out a certificate. Mr. L. states that he sells his milk at the 

 door, and that his cow has averaged 14 quarts a day for eight 

 months. The committee, therefore, would recommend a gra- 

 tuity of four dollars to Mr. Lincoln, for his cow. 



Among three cows presented by Mr. Rufus Hastings of 

 Sterling, without a certificate, your committee noticed favora- 

 bly, a spotted one-half Devon cow, with a calf by her side, and 

 would recommend to her a gratuity of two dollars. 



Among the cows presented for exhibition' only, the commit- 

 tee would notice first, and far above all others at the exhibition, 

 the full-blooded, imported Ayrshire cow, presented by William 

 B. Fox, Esq., of this city. This cow, the committee, to a man, 

 pronounced one of the very finest animals they had ever seen, 

 both as regards purity of blood, size, beauty, and marks of the 

 deepest and richest milking qualities, and the thanks of the 



