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MILCH COWS. . 



Four Co^s were entered for premium. We award to 

 Da^id Merritt, Jr., of Salem, tlie 1st premium, $10. 

 John Abbott of South. Danvers, 2d premium, $8. 

 E. S. Poor of South Danvers, 3d premium, $5. 



JOSEPH KITTREDGE, } ^ „,^^^^ 

 CHARLES ROGERS, ^ Committee. 



STATEMENT OF DAVID MERRITT, JR. 

 I present for premium my cow ''Daisy." She is a native, 

 six years old. She dropped her last calf the 17th of June, 

 and will calve again the 9th of May, 1863. From the time 

 of calving to the present time, her feed has been nothing but 

 fair pasturage, with a little first crop English hay at night and 

 morning — except about five weeks of dry weather ending about 

 the 20th of August, she had three small feedings a day of 

 green corn fodder. She has been milked three times daily 

 most of the time, and an accurate daily account has been kept, 

 the milk at all times having been measured. "When weighed, 

 it was found to average two pounds per quart, wine measure. 

 It was found that it takes nearly eleven quarts of her milk to 

 make a pound of butter. A copy of the milk account is an- 

 nexed. DAVID MERRITT, JR. 



