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ing except the pasture with the other cows. The first six days 

 ill June she made thirteen and one-half pounds of butter. The 

 six days in September her milk made six pounds. She had 

 only the pasture and cow corn at night. 

 FiTCHBURG, September 18, 1868. 



Statement of Joel Page. 



I offer for premium one heifer, three years old last June, 

 grade Durham. She dropped her calf August 5, 1868. 



The first six days in September her milk weighed 177|| lbs. ; 

 average per day, 29^| lbs. Her keeping has been pasture, with 

 fodder corn and two quarts of barley or cob meal per day. 



Statement of Paul M. Mirick. 



I offer for premium one heifer for milk, two years old the 

 28th of April last. She dropped her calf the 12th day of June, 

 which I sold for veal, the 24th of July, for twenty dollars. At 

 the September trial she gave 110 pounds of milk. Her keeping 

 through the winter was swale hay ; in summer, has been pasture 

 with three cows. The feed in pasture has been dry and short 

 since about the first of August. She has had fodder corn once 

 a day since the fifth of September. 



Princeton, September 24, 1868. 



STOCK. 



WORCESTER SOUTH. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



AYRSHIRE AND GRADE AYRSHIRE. 



Should we say that we consider this stock superior to any 

 other breed, the statement would be taken as a matter of opin- 

 ion ; for while the farming community have had their attention 

 called to blood stock for many years, a more special attention 

 has been called to this subject within a few years, and the num- 

 ber of animals of various breeds is yearly increasing. All have 

 their advocates and all have their good qualities. Should any 

 one breed for beef or for heavy oxen, and should their locality 



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