MILCH KINE. IT 



MILCH KINE. 



Your Committee were much pleased with the animals in this 

 department, and think that collectively they have never been surpassed 

 at any of our previous exhibitions. We had no difficulty in making 

 the awards, except in the case of Mr. Whitman's cows. Instead of 

 entering four cows for a herd, as the offer of premiums required, he 

 Wintered seven. We gave him the second herd premium for four of 

 them without making a selection, but when we came to the class of 

 single milch cows, we could not say which one was entitled to a pre- 

 mium, not having had four selected out for the herd. Under the cir- 

 cumstances we could give him no premium, but feeling that there were 

 cows enough present qualified to take both herd and single premiums, 

 had a proper division been made, we recommend a gratuity equal to 

 the second premium for an undesignated cow. A little closer atten- 

 tion to the rule would have obviated all difficulty. 



The list of awards are as follows : 



HERD OP FOUR COWS, OR HEIFERS. 



1st prera. to J. P. Eeed, Princeton, 10 00 



2d prem. to A. Whitman, Fitchburg, 7 00 



3d prem. to N. B. Reed, Princeton, 4 00 



cows FOR BUTTER. 



1st prem. to J. P. Reed, Princeton, 5 00 



2d prem. to I. B. Woodward, Fitchburg, 4 00 



3(1 prem. to J. P. Reed. Princeton, 3 00 



cows FOR MILK. 



Tst prera. to J. P. Reed, Princeton, 5 00 



A. Whitman, Fitchburg, a gratuity of 4 00 



THREE YEARS OLD HEIFERS FOR MILKl.^ 



1st prem. to J. P. Reed, Princeton, ' 5 00 



2d prem. to Joel Page, Fitchburg, 4 00 



TWO YEARS OLD HEIFERS FOR MILK. 



1st premium to Paul M. Mirick, Princeton, 4 00 



TWO YEARS OLD HEIFERS FOR BUTTER. 



1st prem. to Franklin Nourse, Sterling. 4 00 



The writer has been led to inquire, in view of the exhibition just 

 closed, if the offer of premiums for Milch Kine accomplishes all that 

 is intended or desired V The competing animals are required to be 

 upon the ground ostensibly that the public may have the benefit of an 



