244 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



ESSEX. 



From the Report of the Committee on Bulls of Foreign Breed. 



Of the Ayrshire breed we are sorry to say that the exhibi- 

 tion, as regards numbers, was very meagre indeed, there being 

 but one bull of the above species on the ground, but justice 

 compels us to state that the one exhibited was a " host in him- 

 self." This bull was offered for premium by George B. Loring 

 of Salem, and the committee are imanimous in saying that he 

 is one of the finest animals of the class it has ever been their 

 good fortune to look upon ; and after a careful examination of 

 all his points, they are fully satisfied in awarding to Dr. Loring 

 the first premium. * 



James Stevens, Chairman. 



From the Report of the Committee on l\Iilch Cows of Native or 



Mixed Breed. 



The committee add the following statements and details. 

 William Mack's statement : — 



" I present for premium my red cow ' Daisy,' seven years old 

 last spring. She is a native mixed with Hereford. She 

 dropped her last calf March 29th, and will calve again about 

 the middle of next April. From the time she dropped her 

 calf till the middle of May, she had two quarts of shorts per 

 day, with English hay, first crop. From the middle of May to 

 the 20th of August, she had nothing but fair pasturing. From 

 August 20tli to the present time, she had corn fodder, in 

 addition to her pasturing. Below is a table showing the quan- 

 tity of milk she has given from April 20th to the present time. 

 The milk has been measured by beer measure, and weighed by 

 avoirdupois weight. The milk has been weighed twice each 

 month, and has averaged two pounds and eleven ounces per 

 beer quart. 



" By the lactometer, the largest quantity of cream indicated 

 has been Jq^^-, and the smallest has been -^-q. 



" The average of her milk per day from April 20th (when the 

 calf was taken away) to September 25th, as will appear by the 



* See Frontispiece. 



