8 MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY. 



Ayrshire cow, Charlotte, calved, having overrun her time twelve 

 days. The calf (a bull) from Prince Albert, the society's im- 

 ported Ayrshire bull, is a fine animal. The moment the calf 

 was dropped, the cow attacked it with great fury, and, but for 

 the interference of those about her, would have inevitably des- 

 troyed it, and, for some hours after calving, seemed in a perfect 

 phrenzy. In the evening she took some warm drink and ap- 

 peared more calm. The next morning she refused to eat. An 

 experienced farrier was sent for, and, on examining her, he 

 pronounced her sick with what he called the "horn-ail." He 

 bored her horns, but no blood followed. She was then bled 

 freely in the neck, and cooling medicine was administered, 

 which operated kindly, but all to no purpose. She died the next 

 morning, being the 26th of July. After her death, she was ex- 

 amined, and the horns were sawed off. No disorder appeared, 

 except in the horns ; the pith or vascular substance, which com- 

 pletely fills the horn of a healthy animal, was found to be en- 

 tirely decayed. This no doubt operated upon the brain, and 

 produced what is termed, in the books which treat upon the 

 subject, a "phrenzy fever," with which she died. The calf is 

 doing well. — August 8th, 1846. 



At the request of the Middlesex Society of Husbandmen, the 

 whole stock was exhibited at their Cattle Show at Concord, on 

 Wednesday last. Ten hands were employed, at the expense of 

 the Middlesex Society, in leading and driving them to Concord 

 and back. They endured the journey remarkably well, and 

 were all returned without the slightest injury to any one of them. 

 The collection of farmers was very large, the cattle were much 

 noticed, and, from the remarks that were made, the subscriber 

 believes they fully answered the public expectation. — October 

 10th, 1846. 



The imported stock is all doing well, with the exception of 

 the North Devon bull, " Bloomfield." This animal was attack- 

 ed, about two weeks since, with a slight difficulty of breathing, 

 attended by a wheezing and some cough. This at first was 

 supposed to be no more than a common cold or catarrh. With 

 a view, however, of stopping its further progress, he was bled 

 freely and physicked, these being the remedies prescribed by the 



