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especially any mode of treatment or feed to cows, believed by 

 them, to be peculiar to themselves. 



The number of entries is nineteen. They were all of a 

 high order of excellence, exhibiting a marked improvement 

 above former years. 



Your Committee have awarded the following premiums, to 

 wit : — 



For the best Milch Cow, regarding age, quality, and 

 quantity of'milk. to William W. Watson of Prince- 

 ton, for his red milch Cow, half Ayrshire, half 

 Native, six years old, first premium, $6 00 



For second best do., to Shepherd F. Atherton of Fitch- 

 burg, for his Cow, six years old, Native, second 

 premium, 5 00 



For third best ditto, to Ephraim Crocker of Fitchburg, 

 for his Cow, sixteen years old, Native and Ayr- 

 shire, third premium, 4 00 

 For fourth best ditto, to Dea. A. Thurston of Fitch- 

 burg, for his Cow, ten years old, Native breed, 

 fourth premium, 3 00 

 For the best three years old Milch Heifer, to Elliot 



Wood of Fitchburg, for his Durham Heifer, 4 00 



For the second best ditto, to Abel F. Adams, of Fitch- 

 burg, for his Heifer, seven-eigths Durham, 3 00 

 For the third best ditto, to Ivers Phillips of Fitchburg, 



for his Heifer, supposed to be native, 2 00 



For the best two years old Milch Heifer, to Shepherd 

 F. Atherton of Fitchburg, for his Heifer, one- 

 fourth Devon, three-fourths Native, 4 00 

 For second best ditto, to Benj. S afford of Fitchburg, 



for his native Heifer, 3 00 



For third best ditto, to Allen B. Wood of Westminster, 2 00 

 While awarding the above premiums, great unanimity exist- 

 ed in the minds of your Committee ; it is but an act of justice 

 to state that the Heifers exhibited by Messrs. Greene, Wood- 

 ward, Procter, and Sawyer, were all animals having a high 

 degree oi merit. 



