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in comely condition, of good size, with absolutely perfect udder and 

 teats, giving- steadily with her first calf over ten quarts daily of 

 very rich nutty milk, for profit we would select Gem as the type 

 of a herd before any cow we ever knew. 



"Winona 2nd is even more beautiful than Gem, and rivals her in 

 every other good quahty, except that Winona's milk, with her second 

 calf, never exceeds six quarts a day. In quahty, however, her milk 

 is very superior, pelding by the lactometer 19J per cent, of the very 

 toughest, yellowest cream. 



Enid and Pixie, respectively five and foui'teen months old, are 

 striking examples of the fidehty with which the Devon form and 

 color are transmitted fi'om generation to generation. 



In Jerseys, the show was select rather than numerous. Mr. 

 Chase's cows, Petty Pet and Mehssa, as acknowledged standards of 

 high bred and fashionable Jerseys, of course took the first premi- 

 ums. Petty Pet is one of the most striking cows we ever saw ; but 

 there is something " sjnriiuelle," almost " uncanny " about her lean 

 face, prominent eyes, and dpwn growing horns, which makes it a 

 rehef to turn to Melissa, in whose restful countenance every cowhke 

 virtue ajDpears more plainly the longer you study it. 



Deacon Nash's cow was of good size and an admirable example 

 of the earlier importations of Jerseys from which she is descended. 



The two Jersey cows offered by the Agricultural College, were 

 strong in the peculiar excellencies of then* race ; both yielding a 

 fail* mess of rich mUk, and holding out till nearly or quite the time 

 of calving again. 



The show of grade cows was numerous and excellent, and clearly 

 showed the influence of pure bred bulls judiciously crossed with 

 native stock. 



The first prize was awarded to Mr. G. S. Cooley of Sunderland, 

 for a fine red and white cow, six years old, doubtless closely related 

 to the Short Horns, and also suggesting a distant connection with 

 the Ayrshu'es. Her record stated that she had given 239^ pounds 

 of milk, and made thirteen pounds and two ounces of butter, in 

 seven days, and your committee fully beheved it. 



The cow offered by Mr. Fearing was probably the produce of a 

 Jersey bull on a high grade Short Horn cow, and was evidently a 

 very superior animal. She looked fully up to her record of sixteen 

 quarts a day ; and her appearance amply confirmed the testimony 

 offered of the superior quahty of her milk. 



Mr. Bela U. Dickinson's cows were model animals, and showed 



