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Jeremiah Stickney, of Rowley. Sho produced, while I owned her, 

 remarkably large and fine calves, one of wlijch weighed at its birth 

 ninety-eight pounds ; I kept one other cow at the same time, which 

 was as good as cows will average, but which did not give more than 

 half the quantity of milk and of a quality much inferior, afforded 

 by the cow above described. The cows were both kept alike and 

 ou nothiug more than common keeping. The milk of this cow was 

 of a very rich quality. 



SAMUEL C. TIDDS. 

 Rowley, Sept. 22, 1829. 



V. EXPERIMENTS ON RAISING POTATOES. 



The Committee appointed to award Premiums on Potatoes, con- 

 sisting of Paul Kent, Nathaniel Felton, jr. and David Gray, have 

 attended to that duty and Report : — 



That claims were entered for the premiums offered, for the best 

 conducted experiment in the raising of potatoes, &c. 

 By Jesse Putnam, of Danvers ; 



Daniel Burnham, of Newburyport ; 

 Thomas Payson, of Rowley. 

 The committee have awarded the first premium on the subject to 



Jesse Putnam, * 15 dollars. 



The second premium to Daniel Burnham, - 10 dollars. 



The committee were well pleased with the accounts of these ex- 

 periments, and would recommend that the same be published in 

 connection with the Report. 



The committee have awarded also the first premium of ten dol- 

 lars to Mr. Daniel Burnham, for his experiment in raising potatoes 

 from the seed of the green balls, &.c. 

 Submitted by 



PAUL KENT, Per Order. 

 November, 1829, 



