PREFACE. V 



" Essex," the pure bred Ayrshire, owned by Dr. Loring, 

 is a very superior animal, described in the report of the 

 committee of the Essex Agricultural Society, on page 

 244 of this volume. He was out of " Strawberry," an 

 Ayrshh-e cow, imported by C. A. Stetson, Esq., by a 

 bull of the importation of Captain Randall, of New 

 Bedford. 



The financial returns of the societies will be found in 

 the Appendix of my Sixth Annual Report. 



C. L. Flint. 

 Boston, March 25, 1859. 



