REPORT ON HERDS OF CATTLE. 



Your committee have found the duties quite laborious, in 

 making the awards of premiums offered by this Society, for the 

 best herds of cattle exhibited. , 



The entries were more numerous than the premiums offered, 

 there being seven entries for the five premiums. The herds were 

 quite large, one numbering forty-five head, another twenty-two, 

 and others varying from twelve to seventeen head. We found 

 the different breeds represented here, according to the different 

 fancies, and hope for profit of the exhibitor. The Short Horns 

 and Holsteins, Jerseys and Guernseys, Native and Grades, were 

 numerous. Some were collected together with regard to their 

 milk-producing qualities, that being the business that is receiving 

 the attention of many farmers in this vicinity at this time. The 

 Jerseys were the most numerous of any breed exhibited in the 

 herds, therefore I propose to consider some of the merits and de- 

 merits of this breed first. There is no doubt but their small bod- 

 ies and rawney frames will produce a large amount of excellent 

 milk, which is made into a good quality of butter, when fed on 

 the richest products of the best of soil. This breed needs extra 

 good care to keep them quiet and healthy, to make their products 

 available. The ordinary farmer is not able to give that care and 

 feed that is necessary for success with the Thoroughbred of this 

 breed. Therefore the low grades are more practical for business 

 profit for the farmers in this vicinity. A judicious cross of this 

 breed with some larger animals of a more tame and quiet dispo- 

 sition, would have a tendency to improve the stock for health 

 and business. The Holsteins are becoming quite numerous and 

 popular of late in this vicinity. Their large size give promise of 

 consuming a large amount of feed that need not always be of the 



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