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their independence of spirit, their manliness of character, as 

 teaching them to labour. Tlie person that is in want, must be a 

 slave ; and to be habituated to labour cheerfully, is the only 

 means of preventing nineteen-twentieths of mankind from being 

 in want." 



It was the benevolent wish of a kind-hearted monarch of 

 France, that every peasant in his dominions might have a fowl 

 for his Sunday dinner : how much more substantial the boon if 

 every family might be blessed with the possessio n cf that most 

 useful animal, the cow, which supplies food not for Sundays 

 only, but for every day and every meal. And this possession 

 is within the reach of almost every family of almost every town 

 in this County. If the practice of keeping covins were adopted 

 by all those who have the ability, much might be added to do- 

 mestic comfort, and there would soon be no farther complaint of 

 the difficulty of obtaining competent managers of the dairy. 

 Besides the generous contributions of the cow to supply the 

 wants of the family, the children may all learn to milk and the 

 females will learn to take care of it; they will know the value 

 of such animals, will feed them carefully and treat them gently. 

 On Cheese. 



The Committee award the first premium to Samuel 

 Bailey, of West Newbury, of ^10 00 



The second premium to Jacob Osgood of Andover, of 8 00 



A sample of very good cheese was exhibited by Mrs. Jane 

 Tenney, of Byfield, (Rowley) nearly as good as that for which 

 the second premium is awarded. 



On Butter. 



The first premium on butter made in June, to Mrs. Jane 

 Tenney, of Byfield, $7 00 



The second premium on butter made in June, to 

 Gardner B. Perry, of Bradford, 6 00 



For the best produce of butter made on any farm in the 

 County, a ample of not less than fifty pounds, there was no 

 claim coming within the rules of the Society, which deserved 

 the liberal premium of twenty dollars, which the Society offers. 



