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wheat fields abound, and it will have amber clearness, and save 

 your Bolmars, your Gages, your Bartletts, and your patience. 



For the Committee, 



L. B. Babcock, Chairman. 



Dbuham, October 6, 1854. 



PRODUCTS OF THE DAIRY. 



ESSEX. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



The committee have been unable to make any award of the 

 society's very attractive premiums offered in the third and 

 fourth articles under the head of Dairy, as no competitors ap- 

 peared for them. This is greatly to be regretted. The ob- 

 jects aimed at in these articles are among the most desirable 

 that can be attained on a farm, viz. : 1st. How to produce the 

 greatest quantity of milk from a given number of cows at the 

 least expense ; and, 2d. How to produce the greatest quantity 

 of butter from the least amount of milk. There are a great 

 many interesting points of information connected with these 

 two questions. There are doubtless great differences existing 

 in the degree of intelligence and success attained on different 

 farms in this matter. If, by drawing the attention of our farm- 

 ers to the subject, competition for the premiums could be ex- 

 cited at future fairs, very valuable information might be elicited, 

 and a wholesome emulation arise which would lead to very 

 happy results in dairy management. 



The committee would cordially recommend to the milk farm- 

 ers to attend to this subject. The greatest difficulty which 

 stands in the way of improvement in this, as in other branches 

 of agriculture, is the reluctance on the part of the farmers to 

 keeping a set of farm accounts. It would require but a few 

 minutes each day to make the necessary entries. Each cow 



