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her appearance, we should think that the account given in 

 the Ma'ldaiie paper was correct: — "The Dutch cows beat 

 the world in the quantity of milk they give, but they consume 

 a large amount of food, and it is difficult to fatten them after 

 they fail for the dairy." 



William B. Carlton, of Haverhill, exhibited a fine herd of 

 cows, we are told by those that ventured out in the rain to 

 look at them. We hope that next year the Committee will 

 have an opportunity to see them under more favorable circum- 

 stances. 



Wm. R. Putnam, Henry A. King, Joseph Longfellow, Ed- 

 ward K. Lee, Z. C Wardwell, George Johnson, Committee. 



STATEMENT OF HENRY G. KIMBALL. 



One cow, five years old, half blood Ayrshire, half Du"rham; 

 she dropped her last calf July 30th, 1866 ; she is with calf, 

 to calve May 29th, 1867, by the Dutch bull, "King Charles." 

 During the month of August she averaged 19| quarts of milk 

 per day ; during the month of September, up to the 24th, she 

 averaged 18 quarts of milk per day. Her milk is of excellent 

 quality. She has had no fall feed nor extra keeping. 



BREAD AND HONEY. 



The Committee on Bread and Honey report, that there 

 were sixteen entries of Bread and six entries of Canned Pears, 

 but no entry of Honey. 



Some of the bread was so new that it was difficult to judge 



