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his attention than that of the dairy. In order that he 

 may realize fully its benefit, he must c*all to his aid not only 

 science, but the observation and experience of himself and 

 others, that thereby the means may be well and successfully 

 adapted to the end. The farmer is, emphatically, his own 

 recruiting officer ; and as the members of his dairy compa- 

 ny are constantly passing out of the ranks, some at a good 

 old age, after having served their generation well, and 

 yielded their commander many pounds of the needful, others 

 have been turned out, being found destitute of those qualifi- 

 cations requisite in a good company of milkers. For all 

 recruits, to sustain and enlarge his dairy, the farmer must 

 turn his attention to the particular branch of the exhibition, 

 held to-day, which has occupied the attention of your hum- 

 ble Committee. 



At the risk of trespassing upon the limits of the Commit- 

 tee upon New Milch Cows, (though we will not go into de- 

 tails) permit us to say that the same traits of character and 

 physical developement are necessary in the younger mem- 

 bers of the dairy, which are prominent in the real model 

 milkers of maturer years. If these are wanting, it is unwise 

 to retain such for the family. They should be at once dis- 

 charged, and given their rations, until they are considered, 

 by good judges, fit subjects for the butcher's knife; or turned 

 over to the breeding department. For who would think of 

 retaining at a branch of business a person that had no adap- 

 tedness or taste for that particular pursuit, especially if 

 profit was the ruling motive in view ? 



Your Committee regret to say, (though they were thereby 

 relieved from otherwise so arduous a task,) that there was 

 but one entry for premium of three-year-old heifers, and 

 though there was no competition, yet your Committee were 

 at a loss whether to award the first or-second premium, un- 

 til they examined the written statement, giving the yield 

 of this heifer during the first week of June and of Septem- 

 ber, viz : 



