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her first calf whon a little more than two years old, and dropped her last 

 calf the first week in March, 1856, and will calve about the 20th of February 

 next. 



The first week in September, we made from her milk, (besides what was 

 used in the family, and we used cream for coffee every morning) nine and a 

 half pounds of butter. During the second week we made nine and three 

 fourth pounds, and in all this time she had nothing but grass. 



During the week ending Oct. 5th, there was made from her milk the but 

 ter which is presented, which we call ten pounds and 2 ounces. 



This week, she had, besides grass, a little '• messing," not exceeding in 

 value two quarts of meal — a mixture of corn and broom seed each day. 



The butter was made in the ordinary way. Each mess of milk was set in 

 four tin pans, in a room separate from the kitchen, and suffered to remain 

 about 48 hours. It was churned in a thermometer churn, worked over 

 twice, and salted with one ounce of salt to tlie pound. Not a particle of col- 

 oring matter was put into the cream or butter, nor did the cow have any 

 carrots. 



B. U. DICKINSON'S STATEMENT. 



The cow which I offer is nine years old, and of the native breed. In Au- 

 gust 1856, she had her last calf, which was fattened and killed when six 

 weeks old, and weighed 187 lbs. The milk has been weighed for seven days 

 only, and the average weight was 35 lbs. per day. I did not have time to 

 make butter from the cow, as the rule of the society requires. 



BEES. 



MASTER J. F. RUSSELL'S STATEMENT. 



I wish to make a statement in regard to my bees, but do not compete for 

 a premium. I commenced last spring with three hives of bees and have had 

 eight swarms issue from them, four of which were small. I united themand 

 made two swarms, which with the others made me six good sized swarms. 

 I had taken two hundred and twenty-eight pounds of surplus honey from 

 them and left, in the main apartment, more than they will probably want for 

 •winter. Part of the remainder I intended to take from them and still leave 

 a full Jsupply for their winter use. I use Rev. L. L. Langstroth's Movable 

 Comb Hive. 



