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are due to the gentlemen wlio have introduced this stock into tlio 

 county, and given us an opportunity to examine them this day. 

 Aside from their milking (jualities, they do not seem to possess the 

 other requisites for general use. They have not sufficient bone and 

 muscle for labor, nor does it seem that when fed the butcher would 

 find as many good pieces as in some other breeds. The Committee 

 award 



To Charles Harriman, of Groveland, for his North Devon 

 Bull, " Prince Albert," three years old, the first 



premium, $10 00 



To Charles M. Davis, of Newbury, for his mixed blood Bull, 



the second premium, 7 00 



The Committee recommend mileage on all the Bulls of foreign 

 breed, that come within the rules. 



DEAN ROBINSON, Chairman. 



MILCH COWS. 



The Committee were pleased to find so many competitors for 

 these premiums ; but they were sorry to find so few of them giving 

 full and particular statements in regard to the produce and feed of 

 the cows. It is desirable that claimants for these premiums should 

 furnish the Society with a full and accurate account, not only of 

 the food given but the particular manner of feeding. We are aware 

 that the rule requiring statements of the produce of particular cows, 

 has given those who keep but one or two cows a better chance for 

 obtaining the premiums than those which keep a large number ; for 

 it is not only more convenient for those which have but one cow to 

 keep an account of the produce, but a cow that is kept alone will 

 produce more than she will when she goes in a large Hock ; — why 

 it is so, we are not wise enough to say. However social the cow 

 may be in her disposition, she proves that she is no Socialist, for 

 she produces more when alone, than when in a community. The 

 Committee award 



