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Her yield of butter for the year Avcnild undoubtedly (if any ac- 

 count had been kept) have gone up to 500 lbs. 



I shall mention only one more of our modern cows. Jean 

 Armour, an Ayrshire cow imported by ]\Ir. Peters, of South- 

 l)oro', o-ave from June 1st to Sejit. 23d, r),G12 1-2 lbs., or an 

 average of 41 o-l(> lbs. of milk per day. Allowing 20 lbs. of 

 milk for 1 lb. of butter, this would have made a trifle over 280 

 ll3S. of butter for a period of not quite four months. During 

 the second 10 days in June slie gav e 521 1-2 lbs. of milk, or 

 r)2 lbs a day. During the second 10 days in September shc^ 

 gave 4G2 lbs. of milk, or 4(') lbs. per day. Her weight was 

 !M)7 II )s. She was in good pasture after June 12th, and had 

 three pints of corn-cob meal, and o pints bran, and late in the 

 season green corn stalks once a day. I think Ave may safely 

 (;stimate that Jean Armour's yield in butter Avould have been 

 at least 500 lbs. for the year. During the period that the ac- 

 count of their yield was kept. Lady ]Milton was the e(pial it' 

 not the superior of the Oakcs cow in butter. Sybil and Joan 

 Armour were her superior as milkers, and all three were more 

 [)rofitable animals to keep. 



SCIIOLAESHIP. 



At a meetin<r of the Trustees of the Socictv, Xov. 15tli: 

 Voted, To continue the offer of Fifty Dollars for a Scholar- 

 ship in the ^Massachusetts Agricultural College, open to any 

 voung man in Essex county who can ])ass the require*] examin- 

 ation. 



