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To George Heard, of Wayland, third premium. . . |4 00 



" Jabez Gowiiig, of Concord, fourth premium, . . 3 00 

 " H. C. Merriam, of Tewksbury, for three Durham 



cows, a gratuity of . . . . . 2 00 



" To EHjah Wood, Jr., of Concord, for one cow, a gra- 

 tuity of . . . . . . 2 00 



" Samuel Staples, of Concord, for one cow, a gratuity of 2 00 



Thomas ZTptoii's Statement. 



My cow " Lilly" calved about the middle of April. In June, 

 she gave 18 quarts of milk per day, and made 13 lbs. of butter 

 per week. In September, she gave 14 quarts of milk per day, 

 and, during the month of September, made 41 lbs. 9 oz. of but- 

 ter. She was nine years old last spring. 



George Heard^s Statement. 



The cow which I offer for premium dropped her calf the first 

 of May, which was taken from her in two or three days. Her 

 milk was kept by itself the second week in June, and from it 

 we churned 12 lbs., and a little over, of good butter. Her av- 

 erage quantity of milk was 14 quarts per day for two months 

 or more. In the hot weather at the middle of July, she pro- 

 duced 10 lbs of butter in one week. Her milk, when not at the 

 largest flow, weighed 34 lbs. per day. She came out thin in 

 the spring, and has run with four other cows in a very dry 

 pasture after the drought came on. 



Elijah Wood Jr.^s Statement. 



The cow offered by me for premium is eight years old. She 

 had a calf in May. She gave milk in June, an average yield 

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