48 

 MILCH COWS. 



The Committee on Milch Cows report : 



There were nine cows offered for the Society's premiums. 

 All of these cows appeared to be good ones, and it might 

 have been difficult to determine who should receive the pre- 

 miums, if the competitors had conformed to the rules of the 

 Society. 



Perhaps this lack of detail may be accounted for by sup- 

 posing that the owners of these cows thought them good 

 enough to obtain the premium without a full statement ; that 

 if they were on exhibition, that was sufficient. The Com- 

 mittee, however, are of a different opinion. 



What the Committee require to arrive at a just award, is a 

 full compliance with the regulations of the Society with re- 

 gard to all such statements as the Society have made it im- 

 perative for the owner to furnish, and this not only for the 

 help of the Committee, but all who would be benefitted by an 

 award being made, must know about the feed, care, etc., etc., 

 in detail. We had thought the Society's premium of twenty- 

 five dollars enough to pay for the trouble of furnishing such 

 a statement, but if this is not so, then we hope it will be in- 

 creased. 



The Committee think that no cow offered is entitled to the 

 first premium ; that Benaiah Titcomb, of Haverhill, is en- 

 titled to the second premium of ten dollars — and they recom- 

 mend that a gratuity of ten dollars be awarded to Horatio 

 Bodge, of South Danvers. 



Francis Dodge, Eben King, J. Vincent Browne, W. B. 

 Carlton, John W. Raymond, Committee. 



STATEMENT OF BENAIAH TITCOMB. 



I enter for premium, one Durham and Ayrshire Cow, nine 

 years old. She calved November 8th, 1864, and is with calf 



