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-quarts of milk daily, and occasionally gave 38 quarts. She is a 

 <;ross breed, but the Durham blood from her appearance prevails. 

 Although advanced in years, she is still a noble cow, in line condi- 

 tion and milk. 



Alderman Hall. The chairman is of opinion that we have a good 

 breed of cows in our country. The breed is excellent. Remember 

 that our ancestors left the old world in troubled times; that tben the 

 arts of agriculture were low. They came in search of civil and 

 religious liberty. They came from the best districts in England. I 

 have seen the spots they came from, in order that I might compare 

 the works of the fathers with their sons! As to our New England 

 cattle, a system has prevailed. We selected a color as well as fig- 

 ure — w^e adopted that peculiar red now almost universal. Now it 

 is a constant, bright and permanent color, not like many others, lia- 

 ble to disagreeable changes, such as white, which is, as is termed, 

 liable to be scalded in great heat. The yellow stands well summer 

 and winter. We choose a cow having a well formed bag, delicate 

 in her forehead, and wide in her hips and deep in her hinder quar- 

 ters, with a full well rounded barrel, delicate in the head and neck, 

 and fine in the bone. The cow has four stomachs, in which the di- 

 gestion is made by processes which demand the pasture, and cannot 

 be supplied by soiling, perfectly. She is a graminvorous and rumi- 

 nating animal. No stall feeding can give the same advantages as 

 fine pastures, exercise, running water, &c. New England oxen are 

 red, and as much alike as so many peas. The breed is so good that 

 I defy the world to beat it, and I have seen those of the old world 

 abundantly on their own farms. Even England has not yet ac- 

 quired the habit of managing oxen. I have seen a Yankee contract 

 to do work with oxen, and to beat those who tried to do it with 

 liorses. 



As to butter, put it into a water bath which causes the serum to 

 leave it, it then keeps as well as Holland butter does. Put an ounce 

 of honey to a pound of butter, and it will keep in any climate. One 

 ■ounce of salt (such as is free from bittern) is sufficient. 



Subjects for the next meeting. Dairy Husbandry and Seeds. The 

 dub adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



