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HERD OF MILCH COWS. 



There were three herds of milch cows entered for premium. 

 One of twenty thorough-bred Short Horns, by C. S. Bradley of 

 West Newbury. One of six thorough-bred Holsteins, and one 

 grade Holstein and Ayrshire, by W. A. Russell of Lawrence ; 

 and one of five pure Jerseys, by Thomas Saunders of Haver- 

 hill. 



The committee recommend to W. A. Russell of Lawrence, 

 the first premium of 118. 



Mr. Russell has complied fully with the requirements of the 

 Society, and, as will be seen by the annexed statement, exhibits 

 a remarkable yield of milk, which perhaps, cannot be equalled 

 in the county. 



It will be said that these cows were fed high, and ought to 

 give some milk ; true, but it must be remembered that a cow 

 is simply a machine for the conversion of raw material into 

 milk, and that while there is a difference in machines the man- 

 ufactured article cannot be expected in quantity, without a lib- 

 eral supply of the material of which it is made. 



But few cows have the capacity and strength of constitufion 

 of the Holsteins to bear feed, and we venture the assertion 

 that the cows of Essex County, fed proportionally to Mr. Rus- 

 sell's will not average over half the milk produced by this 

 herd. It is evident that Mr. Russell has some very fine ma- 

 chines for the production of milk, and that, if the end sought 

 for be the production of milk for sale or the manufacture of 

 cheese, they represent a very valuable breed of cattle, as their 

 milk is well known to be rich in caseine. 



Judge Bi-adley exhi!)ited as fine a herd of thorough-bred 

 Short Horns, bred for dairy purposes, as probably exists in 

 the State, but, as they have been kept for breeding purposes, 

 and no record kept, and so no written statement given ; the 

 committee could not give him a premium, but recommend a 

 gratuity of $12, equal to the 2nd premium. 



Your Committee feel that the Society is under obligation to 

 Judge Bradley for exhibiting so fine a herd of thorough-bred 

 animals of a breed, which, in its purity is of so high price as 

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