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reason why they are not adapted for the entire stock of a 

 farm. 



In accordance with the statement of Dr. Loring in his 

 address, that where he found superior stock in several 

 places, upon inquiry it was ascertained that it had de- 

 scended from thorough-bred animals, I may venture to 

 mention, that, being desirous of knowing what had been 

 the result of an importation of Ayrshire stock, hy the 

 " Massachusetts Societ}' for the promotion of Agricul- 

 ture " in the State — and of their efforts to introduce the 

 breed, by allowing the county societies the use of their 

 bulls, I found that some of the best cows in three or 

 four of the towns in this vicinity descended from that 

 stock, and that in Berkshire, Hampden, and Worcester, 

 the facts were the same. But for want of care, breeding 

 down instead of up the blood is running out. " Blood will 

 tell." 



It is vital to our interests, to choose a breed and raise 

 stock with reference to our circumstances and market. 

 With the high price of land, and dense population of Mas- 

 sachusetts, we can do better than making beef. The West 

 is to do that on cheap pastures and cheap grain. Our 

 oxen when done with for work, our cows when too old to 

 be profitable for milk, and a few surplus young cattle we 

 turn over to the butcher to supply the home market. 



Milk, butter and cheese, and veal are much more profit- 

 able. To dairy farming we shall more and more turn our 

 attention, and to this end we should select and breed our 

 stock. 



L. SWEETSER, Reporter. 



REPORT ON" ROADSTERS. 



We live in a progressive country and in a " fast " age, 

 and it is to be hoped that the day has gone by, in which 

 the exhibition of the speed of roadsters will be deemed 

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