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table, has been IS-^^Jg quarts. The calf was sold to the butcher 

 for 16." 



Then follows an exact daily table of the milk from April 20th 

 to September 26th. Result as follows : — 



161 quarts, 432 lbs. 8 oz. 



From April 20 to May 1, . 

 May 1 to June 1, . 

 June 1 to July 1, 

 July 1 to August 1, . 

 August 1 to September 1, . 

 September 1 September 26, . 



Total, . . 2,115 q'ts., 5,692 lbs. 8|oz 



From June 1 to June 11, 157 quarts, 421 lbs. 12 oz. 

 Sept. 1 to Sept. 11, lllA " 299 " 8 " 



The following is the statement of Albert Dodge of Beverly, 

 to whom was awarded the second premium : — 



" I enter for premium one black cow, ten years old, a cross 

 between the Alderney and Durham. She dropped her calf on 

 the 15th of August, 1857 ; the calf was taken away the 1st of 

 September. The amount of milk given in 



" Through the winter she had cut hay with about four quarts 

 of shorts per day ; in summer nothing but grass, in common 

 pasture." 



The statement of Isaac Dempsey of Danvers Centre, to whom 

 was awarded the third premium, is as follows : — 



" The cow I offer for premium is eight years old. I have 

 owned her for five years ; her breed is native. She had her 

 last calf last April and is to calve again next May. Her 



