354 BERKSHIRE SOCIETY. 



5th Premium to Luther S. Bitter, of Lenox 



$6 00 



5 00 

 4 00 

 3 00 

 2 00 



6th " " Benjamin Parsons, of " 



7th " " Nelson Strong, of Pittsficld, 



8th " " Henry Noble, of " 



9th " " John E. Merrill, of " 



All which is respectfully submitted, 



William E. Johnson, Chairman. 



"We give below an abstract of statements presented by the 

 competitors for premiums : — 



M. M. Rice's Statement. 



Durham cow, seven years old, came in 2d of May. Third 

 week in June, gave 386 lbs. of milk, which made 18^ lbs. of 

 butter. Seven days in September, 331 lbs. milk, and 15^3^- lbs. 

 of butter. Gave her four quarts of wheat shorts per day. 



H. Coifs Statement. 



She is eight years old, native breed ; came in 1st day of 

 May. Gave 271 lbs. 4 oz. milk third week in June ; 176 lbs. 

 5 oz. milk third week in September. Made 17 lbs. 6 oz. 

 of butter third week in June ; 13 lbs. 8oz. of butter third week 

 in September. Fed pumpkins and 4 quarts oat meal in Sep- 

 tember. 



Butter made from the cow during the following months : 



June, 59|- pounds. 



July, 49J « 



August, 40f " 



September, 881 « 



Four months' butter, . . .188 " 



The cow was sick for ten days during the first part of Sep- 

 tember, which will account for the falling off of butter during 

 the month. » 



H. Sabin's Statement. 



Cow is six years old, part Durham ; came in 10th of April. 

 Gave 307 lbs. of milk from 13th to 19th of June ; 241-i|- lbs. 

 from 13th to 19th of September. 



