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George King, of Bridgewater, for 1 three-year old, . $5 00 

 Austin J. Roberts, Middleborough, 1 " " . 4 00 



Jonathan Howard, West Bridgewater, for 1 two-year 



old colt, one vol. Boston Cultivator; Elijah Cush- 



ing, of Hanson, 1 three-year old colt, one vol. Mass. 



Ploughman ; Seth Stoddard, Hingham, 1 one-year 



old colt, one \(f\ N. E. Farmer. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Nahum M. Tribou, Chairman. 



Stock. 



The committee on stock beg leave to report that the number 

 of cattle, in their department, entered for premium, was not so 

 large as that of last year; nor were they generally, in point of 

 quality, as good. There were but three milch cows exhibited, 

 which is smaller than the usual average number. A good cow, 

 of native breed, was entered by Isam Leonard, of Bridgewater, 

 concerning which Mr. Leonard say^ : — " The cow entered by 

 me for premium is six years old, and was raised on the farm. 

 She calved on the 16th of May last ; the calf, at four weeks' 

 old, weighed eighty-five pounds. She was milked three times 

 a day after the calf was taken away, giving sixteen quarts per 

 day. In fifteen days in June, — from the 15th to the 29th, 

 inclusive, — she gave 240 quarts of milk, from which were 

 made 35 pounds of butter. In fifteen days in September, she 

 gave 13 quarts per day, from which were made 23| pounds of 

 butter. She had no meal or grain." 



Josiah Whitman, of East Bridgewater, says of his cow : — 

 " The cow which I present for premium is partly of native and 

 partly of Durham blood, and was five years old last April ; on 

 the 27th of which month she calved. I sold the calf, at five 

 weeks old, for $7, it weighing at that age 100 pounds. My 

 cow had pretty good pasture in June. In September, feed be- 

 ing short, I soiled her upon corn fodder, sown for that pur- 

 pose. In ten days, in June, she gave 305 pounds 8 ounces of 

 milk, from which were made 16 pounds 4 ounces of butter. 

 In ten days, in September, she gave 265 pounds 2 ounces of 

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