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4th premium, Miner Hitchcock, $3 



All of Springfield. 



The character of the above cows as producers, your committee 

 think to be of a very high order. 



George W. Sizer states that his cow, during seven days in 

 June, produced 426 lbs. of milk, averaging 61 lbs. per day; 

 highest number of pounds in a day 66 3-4. Keeping, hay and 

 grass, with one quart of bran per day. 



Carlton Thayer states the produce of his cow to be 63 lbs. of 

 milk per day, from the 10th to the 20th of June, and from the 10th 

 to the 20th of September, 45 lbs. per day. Keeping, not stated. 



Josiah O. Brownell states, that his cow produced, from May 

 to the 20th of June, 60 lbs. per day; and from the 20th of Au- 

 gust to the 20th of September, 40 lbs. per day. Keeping, hay 

 and grass alone. 



Miner Hitchcock states, that his cow, during the month of 

 June, produced 55 lbs. of milk per day, on grass alone ; and 

 that from the 10th to the 21st of September, her produce was 

 17 1-4 lbs. of butter. The weight of her milk on the morning 

 of the 5th inst. was 20 lbs. 



Other cows were presented of a very high character as pro- 

 ducers,* among which was one presented by Dr. W. H. Cleve- 

 land, of Springfield. He states that he has sold milk from his 

 cow since the 1st of June, 1844, a period of sixteen months, to 

 the amount of $234 55. 



CHAUNCY CAPIN, Chairman. 



Fruits and Vegetables. 



The potato, which, it was feared, had suffered much from 

 severe drought, seems to have yielded a fair return, falling not 

 much below the usual average, either in quality or quantity. 

 That esculent claims especial consideration, and is, without 

 doubt, the most interesting and important article in the whole 

 catalogue of agricultural productions. It is, emphatically, the 



* Of these, special notice should be taken of a noble animal (Durham), recently 

 brought into the county by Hon. John Howard, of Springfield, some account of 

 which the directors hope to obtain for publication hereafter. 



