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Cows, and only one had the written statement required by the 

 Society. The premium is awarded as follows : 



1st premium of $8.00, to Joseph S. Howe, of Methuen, for 

 his Grade Cow. 



Wm. R. Putnam, Chairman of Committee. 



STATEMENT OF JOSEPH S. HOWE, 

 I enter for premium, one grade Durham cow, six years old. 

 She calved May 13, and will calve again the 12th of next June. 

 Her milk was weighed the first ten days in June, and from 

 Sept. 2d to Sept. 11th, inclusive, according to the appended 

 statement. Her feed has been a common pasture, and during 

 the severest period of drought I was obliged to feed dry hay. 

 More recently I have fed corn-fodder morning and evening. 

 During the latter part of the summer the feed in the pasture 

 "was very poor and dried up, and wholly insufficient for the 

 amount of stock pastured. This accounts for the large falling 

 off in quantity of milk, as my previous experience with the 

 cow has proved her to be one good to " hold out ;" and I 

 think she shrunk no more, proportionally, than the rest of 

 the herd. 



Amount of milk produced the first ten days in June and 

 September : 



Morn. Eve. Total. 

 lbs. lbs. 



Morn. Eve. Total. 

 lbs. lbs. 



1864. June 



1. 

 2, 

 3, 

 4, 



5, 

 6, 

 7. 

 8, 

 9, 

 10, 



Total, 



4281 



1864. Sept. 2, 



3, 



.< .. 4, 



.« 5, 



•« " 6, 



" 7, 



8, 



'« «' 9, 



«' «' 10, 



" " 11, 



Total, 



202 



Average weight of milk per day the first ten days in June, 42 4-5 lbs. 

 Average weight of milk per day the first ten days in Septem'r, 20 1-5 lbs. 

 Methuen, September 26, 1864.' 



