48 ON MILCH COWS AND HEIFERS. 



subject more attention, by feeding as above proposed, 

 and sheltering from all cold and severe weather. 

 Such advice we know has been often given by agri- 

 cultural writers, but it needs to be often repeated. 



The Committee have with no little difficulty award- 

 ed the premiums as follows : 



On Milch Coivs. 

 To Franklin Bartlett, of Newburyport, 1st premium, 



#10 00 

 " Nathan Tapley, Danvers, 2d prem. 7 00 

 " Geo. Spofford, Georgetown, 3d " 5 00 



Heifers in Milk. 

 To Joseph Danforth, of West Newbury, 1st premium, 



p 00 

 Yearlings. 

 " Ebenezer Upton, Danvers, 1st prem. 3 00 

 « P. M. Dole, Newburyport, 2d " 2 00 



R. A. MERRIAM, ^) 



NATHANIEL BERRY, | 

 SAMUEL PERLEY, Jr. I n 

 MATTHEW HOOPER, } Committee. 

 JOSHUA L. NEWHALL, \ 

 SAMUEL DODGE, J 



Georgetown, Sept. 26, 1839. 



POSTSCRIPT. 



For the last year or two a fatal distemper has pre- 

 vailed among the cattle and animals of the County 

 of Essex and carried off many cows. Some individ- 

 uals have lost half their entire stock, and some more. 

 It has not been confined to neat cattle, but horses, 

 hogs, and sheep, have been affected. The disease 



