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keeping has been pasture feed with two quarts of meal per 

 day. Her milk was weighed morning and evening for the 

 first ten days in June and September, with the following 

 result:"— 



Besides those to whom premiums were awarded there were 

 some other cows offered, and among them was a cow belonging 

 to Israel P. Boardman of Danvers, that possessed good qual- 

 ities and points ; another belonging to Adam Nesmith, also 

 of Danvers, of Jersey grade, which showed indications of being 

 a good milker, but was in poor condition, so much so, as 

 might induce any one to withhold a premium. The committee 

 would especially mention a remarkable cow, when her age is 

 considered, belonging to James Stevens of Andover, offered for 

 exhibition only. We give in his own words the following 

 statement. 



" I offer for exhibition my cow ' Matron.' She is fifteen 

 years old, and was raised by myself from a native cow, and 

 sired by a Durham bull from the Silsbee farm in Bradford. 

 She has always been a great milker, but as I have never kept 

 an account of her produce until this season, I have never before 

 offered her for exhibition. 



" On the 3d of January, 1858, she dropped her calf, and on 

 the following 6th, having in the meantime disposed of the calf, 



