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dred and fifty dollars, to be divided into three premiums, of 

 seventy-five, fifty, and twenty-five dollars each, for the best ex- 

 hibition of a dairy ,of not less than six cows, and a written 

 statement answering the interrogations accompanying the prop- 

 osition. 



The Executive Committee of the Berkshire Agricultural So- 

 ciety appointed a special committee, consisting of Justus Tow- 

 er, of Lanesboro', Robert Colt, of Pittsfield, and D. D. Kendall, 

 of Lenox, to carry out the wishes of the State Society. 



After attending to the duties assigned us, we would report 

 that there were four competitors, all of whom did great credit 

 to themselves by the exact manner in which they answered the 

 interrogations propounded by the Executive Committee ; also 

 by the exhibition of six cows each from their respective dairies, 

 on the show ground, at the society's annual fair. 



After a thorough investigation of all the statements of each 

 competitor, and examination of the cows exhibited, we were 

 unanimous in our conclusions in awarding the premiums as fol- 

 lows : — 



J. D. Northrup, of Lanesboro', for the best exhibition from 

 his dairy of six cows, and for the best return of profits and 

 good management, seventy-five dollars. 



S. W. Lincoln, of Cheshire, for the second best do., fifty dol- 

 lars. 



Henry Dresser, of Stockbridge, for the exhibition of six 

 beautiful blooded cows, and best experiment in making butter, 

 twenty-five dollars. 



Accompanying this document are the written statements of 

 the competitors : — 



Statement of J. D. Northrup. 



My dairy consists of twenty-four cows. Most of them are 

 the so called " natives," with a cross of the short-horn Durham, 

 which I consider a decided improvement for milk. Nearly all 

 dropped their calves in April. 



I milked from the twenty-four cows in seven days, commen- 

 cing the first week in June, five thousand three hundred pounds 



