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time she gave 14 quarts of milk per day, making 1| lbs. of but- 

 ter per day. Number of quarts given in the month of June, 15| 

 per day, beer measure. 



Number of quarts in the month of September, 12 per day. 



The cow has been fed in a common pasture, Avith two quarts 

 of meal per day. 



Taunton, Oct. 12, 1848. 



Grain and Vegetable Crops. 



There have been six entries for premiums, viz. : — one for hay, 

 one for carrots, three for corn, and one for a farm. 



The committee regret that some of the statements of the 

 expense of cultivation and amount of manure used on the 

 land, are not so full as they should have been, and they would 

 recommend that no premium be awarded hereafter, unless such 

 a statement as is required by the published bills of the society, 

 offering such premium, shall be furnished by the claimant. We 

 have awarded 



To John C. Dodge, of Attleborough, first premium, for 



the best crop of hay, being 8050 lbs. to one acre, ^5 00 

 " John Williams, of Taunton, for the best crop of car- 

 rots, he having raised 160 bushels on one quarter 

 of an acre, . . . . . 4 00 



" Andrew H. Hall, of Taunton, for best crop Indian 



corn, he having raised 74f|- bushels on one acre, 10 00 



We also recommended a gratuity of ^15, to James M. Bish- 

 op, of Seekonk, on his farm ; — he having, in the opinion of the 

 committee, failed to furnish so full a statement of the profits 

 and expense, as to entitle him to a premium. 



It appears, by the statement of Mr. Bishop, that his system of 

 farming or gardening, is a profitable one, as he raised about 

 $1000 worth of garden roots and vegetables, for market, the 

 past year, on a farm of about 40 acres. What part of the farm 



