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REPORT ON COWS. 



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There was but one herd of five entered for premium ; the}^ 

 were fine looking grades, owned and entered by John F. Hatch, 

 and we awarded him the first premium. 



Of single entries there were thirteen. 



The following breeds were represented, viz. : — Jersey, Devon 

 and Grade. Of the Jerseys, there were nine , of the Devon, 

 two, and of the Grade, seven. There was also one animal 

 entered as Ayrshire, but your committee did not think it a pure 

 blood, and so classed it with the Grades. There was also for 

 exhibition only, a nice cow, owned by Mr. H. H. Dunham, and 

 some very fine animals on exhibition, by President Wright. 



Of the Jerseys, we awarded the first prenjium to Ezekiel 

 Paine ; second, to John F. Hatch ; third to Bailey Chandler ; 

 fourth, to Cornelius McCarty ; fifth, to John A. Harlow. Of 

 the Devons, there were but two ; they were owned by 

 H. H. Delano, of Duxbury ; they were small, and we did not 

 think either of them merited a first premium, we accordingly 

 gave them a second and third. Of the Grades, the one entered 

 by O. N. Belknap, we thought entitled to the first premium ; 

 the one by Charles M. Harlow, the second ; that by John 

 A. Harlow, the third ; the fourth to Warren Hall, and John F. 

 Hatch, the fifth. 



The great question with farmers at the present time is, how 

 to improve their breed of cows. We have taken a great step 

 forward by breeding from full blood Jersey stock. The Jersey 

 cow of today is far superior to the native cow of the past, and 



