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of profit, on his veal calves; but how unpardonable, in this 

 in, has this part of our interest been neglected by our 

 fanners, for the saving of a few cents in the outset, in keeping 

 such ugly specimens of the race to herd with their cows! If 

 none of the pure bloods are best adapted to thi3 particular, let 

 us try for the best cross with our native stock; and then let 

 our society, in their annual exhibitions, regard and encourage 

 such a cross, if it prove to be adapted to the purpose intend- 

 ed, and not otherwise. If our farmers are disposed to think 

 and experiment in this matter like our English cousins, we can 

 breed as correctly as they; for it is as true in this department 

 of Nature's laws as in any other, that whatsoever we sow, that 

 shall we also reap. 



Elias Grout, for the Committee. 



HAMPDEN. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



The committee to whom was referred this class of animals 

 report that sixteen entries were made, only eleven of which, of 

 one year old and upwards, came under their notice. This very 

 important, and what ought to be every where a prominent, de- 

 partment of agricultural interest is, in the opinion of the com- 

 mittee, too much neglected by the farmers of Hampden, es- 

 pecially in the production of pure, high-bred animals. It is a 

 well-known fact among growers of fine stock, particularly in 

 land, that, to obtain the best, the sire should be a pure, 

 thorough-bred animal, as calves from one of an opposite char- 

 acter almost invariably show the defects of an imperfect pedi- 

 gree. Another fact, equally well established, though it may 

 appear strange to some, is, that calves frequently possess the 

 distinctive traits of character which obtained in the animal 

 that first impregnated the heifer. These, and many equally 

 important facts, render it of the first necessity to obtain thor- 

 ough-bred animals for the improvement of stock, either for dairy 

 purposes, or for the rearing of that noble animal, the ox, so in- 

 dispensable for farm service. Owing to the exceeding high 



