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CREDIT. 



By value of the crop, at 15 cents, .... $44 70 



DEBIT. 



To q'rter of manure, applied on previous crop, $3 00 



" Ploughing, (which was very deep,) , . 50 



" half pound seed, 25 



« Sowing, 1 00 



" Hoeing and weeding, . . . . 5 00 



" Harvesting, 3 00 



« Use of land, 3 00 



Net gain, .... 

 Springfield, Nov. 80th, 1852. 



Awarded first premium, of $2. 



15 75 



$28 95 



Milch Cows. 



The report on milch cows, made to the directors of the 

 Hampden County Agricultural Society, at their late fair, with 

 the statements of exhibitors accompanying it, has been revised, 

 and its important contents presented in the following abstract : 



The committee to award premiums were J. W. Crooks, Ed- 

 win H. Ball, and Russell Ely. 



The first premium, for five years old and upwards, was given 

 to Carlton Thayer, of Chicopee. Mr. Thayer does not state 

 the age of the cow, nor the manner of keeping her. In fact, 

 the only inquiries of the society answered are as to the quan- 

 tity of milk, which he states to have been " 56 lbs. per day for 

 the three last weeks of June, and 42 lbs. per day for the three 

 last weeks in September." The cow calved the 27th day of 

 last April. 



The second and third premiums were given to Colonel D. 



Merrick, of West Springfield. Both cows are of the Ayrshire 



breed. One calved on the 20th of May, and the other in the 



first week of July. The first cow gave, from the 1st to the 



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