REPORT ON MILCH COWS. 



The Committee appointed as judges of the merits, and to award 

 the premiums in " Class 5, Milch Cows," found twenty-one entries 

 and all the animals were on exhibition. The premiums were offered 

 for the three best cows of the Short Horn, Ayrshire, Devon and 

 Jersey breeds, and also for the three best Natives or grades. Pedigree 

 was required of pure breeds, and in all cases, a statement of the num- 

 ber of pounds of milk and butter produced by each during a period 

 of seven consecutive da3-s. There were no entries of Short Horns or 

 Devons, but one Jersey and five Ayrshires, the remainder were grades 

 or Natives, but none were true crosses. But two competitors complied 

 with the requirements b}' making a statement of the number ot pounds 

 of milk and butter produced, and from the necessity of the case these 

 were awarded the premiums, though, however raeritiorious, the}' 

 evidentl}' were not the best animals examined. All the animals were 

 of good qualit}- and gave clear indication that the members of the 

 Society have made a decided improvement in the milking and butter 

 qualities of their dairy stock during the last twenty years, as well as 

 in their size and general beauty and symmetry of form. William A. 

 Childs, of New Braintree, exhibited a pure bred Ayrshire, which in 

 August last, on grass feed alone, gave during seven days an average 

 of 23^ duarts of milk per day, and two others which at the same time 

 averaged 21 and 20 quarts respectively. E. A. Munsell, of Amherst, 



