REPORT ON COWS. 



Your committee on cows would submit the following report : 



The whole number entered for premium was twenty-six, 

 divided into the following classes : — Jerseys, nine ; Grades, 

 eight; Native, four; Devon, three; Holstein, one; Ayrshire, one. 



Of the Jerseys, the one entered by H. C. Dunham seemed 

 to take the lead, though those of Bailey Chandler and Walton 

 Hall followed close behind. 



Of Grades there were some ver}' fine oues, the one owned by 

 Israel H. Macomber we selected as worthy of the first prize. 



Of the Ayrshires there was but one entry, and the animal 

 being, to all appearance, a worthy one, we awarded her the 

 first premium. She was entered by Warren Hall. 



Of the Holsteins, Walton Hall entered a fine looking and, by 

 the statement, seeming to be an extra animal, we awarded her 

 a first premium. 



Of the Natives, the one entered by O. N. Belknap seemed to 

 merit the first prize, and we awarded it to her. 



Of the Devons there were three entries : two by H. H. 

 Delano, of Duxbury, and the other by Warren Hall. We 

 awarded the premiums to the former ; in regard to the latter, 

 your committee were obliged, in justice to themselves and for 

 the best interest of the Society, to say that we did not think 

 the cow a pure-blood i'evon, and we therefore took the 

 responsibility of taking her from that class and placing her 

 with the Grades, where we thought she rightfully belonged. 



