56 WORCESTER COUNTY SOCIETY. 



Ebenezer Flagg, of Worcester, 1 native. 



John W. Lincoln, of " 1 Ayrshire. 



WilUam Eanies, " " 1 native, and 2 Devonshire. 



John Brooks, of Princeton, . 2 half Ayrshire. 



Harvey Dodge, of Sutton, . 1 Durham. 



Asa Rice, of Boylston, . 1 Devonshire. 



John F. Clark, of Worcester, 1 native. 



From the State Reform School, Westborough, 6 half Durham. 



In awarding the premiums, the unanimity of the committee 

 precluded the necessity of a reference to the chairman, and they 

 awarded to — 



Joseph A. Reed, of Princeton, first premium, . $12 00 



S. H. Flagg, 2d, of Worcester, second " . .10 00 



Samuel B. Watson, of " third " . . 8 00 



Simon Carpenter, of Charlton, fourth " . . 5 00 



The cows offered for exhibition were well worthy of the 

 place they occupied, and, could they have answered the in- 

 quiries made, would have said, "give me good and sufficient 

 food, and I will give you 60, 50, 45, 40, and 35 lbs. of milk per 

 day." Those offered for premium have spoken through their 

 owners, as is recorded in their statements, and must be judged 

 by that testimony. It is presumed that the statements furnish 

 correct weights and measures^ agreeable to the standards used. 

 By another year, each town will be furnished, by an act of the 

 Legislature, with standard weights and measures, which will, 

 probably, assist, in a degree, future committees in the discharge 

 of their arduous and delicate duties. A careful examination of 

 some of the statements will show, that there was not a daily 

 use of weights and measures ; and of others, that care and at- 

 tention were bestowed, indicating a particularity worthy of im- 

 itation. 



It may be, that too many of the cows offered for premium, 

 are animals of "accident," rather than the result of care and 

 attention to breeding. As the object of the society is to stimulate 

 farmers to improve their stock, it may be worthy of inquiry, 

 whether some alterations in the requirements for premiums, 



