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■would respectfully recommend that the unsuccessful competi- 

 tors, and those who offered for exhibition, be allowed compen- 

 sation for travel. 



"We would here say that we have dwelt more particularly in 

 our comments upon the Alderney on account of its being a stock 

 unknown in this community until quite recently. 



The show of 1854 is rendered prominent by many desirable 

 features which are convincing proofs of the ability and good 

 will of our young men. 



Otis Adams, Chairman. 



Statement of William Robinson, Jr. 



My dairy consists of sixteen cows — fourteen new milch, and 

 two farrow. They are of all grades of Durham breed, from 

 one-fourth to three-fourths, and their ages are, respectively, one 

 nine years ; one, eight ; three, seven ; six, six ; three, five ; 

 one, three; and one two years old. They were mostly raised 

 by me. Of the five offered for premium, three were raised 

 by me, one by David Lee, and one by Elias Ayres. The first 

 cow dropped her calf on the 28th of March, and the last 

 on the 18th of April. The calves were all raised. One 

 was a bull, and sold at two days old for ten dollars. The 

 others were heifers of a superior character. They were dried 

 in February, and two of them will calve in March, and the other 

 three in May. They were turned out to pasture on the 8th of 

 May, and fed with hay night and morning till the 15th. Two 

 quarts of corn meal per day were fed to them, and corn fodder 

 twenty-three days. 



The following table shows the weight of milk : — 



For the first ten days in June, . . 2,10 7| pounds. 

 " « " in September, . 1,440 Jg- " 



I made two hundred and twenty-one and a quarter pounds of 

 new milk cheese from the milk of the five cows in the first ten 

 days in June, and one hundred and fifty-five pounds in the first 

 ten days in September. No milk was sold or used. We made, 

 from the time of turning the cows to pasture till September 



