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for the ten days of June, being an average of fifteen and one- 

 ninth quarts per day ; and for the ten days of September the 

 total is ninety-seven and seven-ninths quarts, sold at five cents 

 per quart, and amounting to four dollars and eighty-eight cents, 

 being an average of very nearly ten quarts per day, making a 

 total of ten dollars and ninety-two cents. 



Spbingfield, September 26, 1854. 



BERKSHIRE. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



Our farmers of late have made very great improvement in 

 the breed and quality of their cows. This is as it should be. 

 Many cows may now be found that will produce from ten to 

 fifteen pounds of butter per week, for two or three months, on 

 grass alone ; but no farmer has a whole herd of such cows. 

 Our good cows are mostly cows of accident. These things 

 ought not so to be. There are some honorable exceptions, 

 however, among our most intelligent farmers. The Ayrshire 

 stock has, in a few instances, been introduced, and it is be- 

 lieved will prove beneficial to the dairy farmers of the county. 



Of milch cows, we have awarded the first premium to A. "W. 

 Kellogg, of Pittsfield, for a Durham cow seven years old, nine 

 dollars. This cow calved the 3d of May last, and averaged in 

 the month of June fifty-two and a half pounds of milk per day, and 

 made the first week in June seventeen pounds thirteen ounces 

 of butter. She averaged in September forty-four pounds of 

 milk per day, and the first week in September made sixteen 

 pounds four ounces of butter. Her keeping was good pasture 

 in June, and meadow and pasture in September. 



E. Axtell, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee appointed to award the State Premi- 

 ums on Dairies. 



The Berkshire Agricultural Society received a very generous 

 proposition from the Massachusetts State Society of one hun- 



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