248 MASSACHUSETTS AGEICULTURB. 



" After she left the barn, and went to pasture, she had good 

 feed of grass with no gram. Smce August' she has been fed 

 night and morning with fodder corn. From April 1st to May 

 20th, (when she went to pasture,) her drink was cold water 

 (with the amount of grain mentioned above,) which I think 

 accounts for the decrease in her milk in April. She will calve 

 on the first of January next. The amount received for her milk 

 for eight months is $95.16." 



In closing this report the committee feel called upon to urge 

 all persons who may offer animals for exhibition or premium 

 (more particularly the latter) to render an accurate and 

 detailed statement, and not to have cows, bulls and swine 

 included in one and the same statement, (which occurred in 

 more instances than one,) for it must be obvious, were they 

 all so mixed up the committee on each class would not receive 

 it, nor could they know that such a statement was in the hands 

 of another committee. 



In the confusion attendant upon such occasions, mistakes 

 may easily occur — and from the above cause persons exhibiting 

 valuable animals may be disappointed in their statements not 

 reaching the appropriate committee. 



The committee instead of gratuitously offering any advice, 

 or opinions of their own, in relation to dairy stock, would 

 earnestly recommend to the perusal of all farmers, a very valu- 

 able work recently issued from the press by Charles L. Flint, 

 Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 

 entitled " Milch Cows and Dairy Farming." They will find 

 the work filled with details of the most interesting and valuable 

 facts and suggestions. 



Richard S. Rogers, Chairman. 



MIDDLESEX. 



From the Report of the Committee on Heifers and Heifer Calves. 

 It was highly gratifying to the committee to see so many fine 

 heifer calves in the pens. It is an indication that our farmers 

 have set about raising their own cows, and we have no doubt 

 that by care and perseverance, our stock of milch cows will be 

 greatly improved. To effect this object, we must begin with 

 the calves. Those only should be reared, which have come 



