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was dry the first ten days of June, when the rules of the society 

 req^uire the milk to be measured, but the Committee thought 

 that he had complied with the spirit of the requirement, though 

 not strictly with the letter. In comparing the statements of 

 Mr. Plumer and Mr. French it will be seen that the former 

 measured his milk soon after she dropped her calf; the latter 

 two months later ; we would make proper allowance for this. 

 The one gave twenty-two quarts per day, for the first ten days 

 in July. In September, eighteen quarts ; decreasing but four 

 -quarts per day for two months. The other shrank eight quarts 

 per day in three months, giving nineteen quarts in June and 

 but eleven quarts in September. It is not easy to say from 

 the statements which of the cows was fed the best for the pro- 

 duction of milk. How many cabbage leaves it would require 

 to be equal to two quarts of meal and four of shorts, daily, we 

 have no means of knowing, but our impression is, that there is 

 nothing besides green grass that will produce a greater flow of 

 milk than cabbage leaves. It appears from Mr. Plumer's state- 

 ment that he sold daily from his cow about $1,20 worth of milk 

 for July and August. 



They award the second premium of ^10 to J. D. W. French, 

 of North Andover, for his grade cow, six years old. This cow 

 would have appeared much better if she could have been put 

 in the pen without the excitement incident to a ride upon the 

 •cars. 



They award the third premium of $5 to E. Donahoe, of New- 

 buryport, for his grade short-horn and Jersey cow, four years 

 old. This is a small cow to give so large a quantity of milk as 

 the following statement shows ; an average of nineteen and one 

 fifth quarts for the first ten days in June, and but a fraction 

 short of fourteen quarts per day in September, 



Two Kerry Cows were exhibited by D. F. Appleton, of Ips- 

 wich. 



The Committee are not acquainted with the merits of this 

 breed, but we have heard them called the poor mail's cow. How 

 many of them it would take to make a rich man poor we will 



