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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



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WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIKTY. 

 Report on Milch Cows. 

 Commillee — Thomas W. Ward, Shrewsbury ; 

 irirairi Knijfht. Leicester; Lemuel B. Ilapjrood, 

 Shrewsbury; Henry Sprajruc, Carnbrid{;epnrt ; (lill 

 receiilly a resident of llie county ;) lliirvfy Dodge, 

 Sutton ; Joshua Harrington, Grafton. 



Your committee found 10 cows entered for the 

 Society's premium, and 5 for exhibition only. 



There was a large well-built cow, undoubtedly 

 a good milker, ofTered by Jerusha Knight, of Wor- 

 cester ; the owner havinjj failed to comply with 

 the requisition of the Society, the committee were 

 obliged to pay but a passing compliment and pass 

 on. 



Another cow was offered by Danfurth R. Tufts, 

 of New Brnintree, which was reputed to have given 

 40 lbs. of milk per day. Mr Tufts having failed 

 to state whether it was for one day only or for 

 more days, and especially having omitted to speci- 

 fy the (juantity of milk she gave from the 10th to 

 the aOlh of June, and from the lOlh to the 20th of 

 September, as required by the-rules of the Society, 

 he cut himself off from the prospect of a premium, 

 in the view of the committee. 



1 homas B. Eaton, of Worcester, also offered a 

 cow, and in his written statement, (by which the 

 committee were to be governed,) he says: " From 

 the 5th of May to the 6th of Oct., 156 days, she 

 has made 167 lbs. 3 oz. of gutter, sold 1 qt. of 

 milk per day, and supplied a fa>Tiily of 10 in num- 

 ber with milk and cream. Tiie 3ommittee consider 

 her a good cow, but not ent'tled to a premium, 

 from want of conformity to the rales of the Society. 

 Jonas H. Allen, of Shrewsbury, offered a famous 

 yonng cow, 1-4 Durham. Mr Allen strictly com- 



plied with the rules of the Society, but failed of j^ced 18 1-2 lbs. of 'butter, and from lOth to 20lh 

 obtaining the first premium, because, in the esti 



Simon Cirpenler, of Charlton, offered for the 

 Society's premium, a cow of the Holderness breed, 

 4 years old, which by his certificate, he raised 

 himself. She calved in April last, and at 4 weeiis 

 old, her calf weighed 100 lbs. She gave from 10th 

 to 20th June Inst, 380 lbs. of milk, from which 18 

 lbs. of butter were made : from 10th to 20th Sep- 

 tember, she gave 355 lbs. of milk, from which were 

 made 17 1-4 lbs. of buttei;. This cow was kept in 

 a flock, together with herself making 10 in num- 

 ber. Your committee award to Mr Carpenter, the 

 Society's first premium of .$12. 



Jacob W. Watson, of Princeton, offered a cow 

 4 years old, (though not large was good,) of native 

 stock; she has had 3 calves. By his certificate, 

 the committee find that from tlie 10th to the 20lh 

 June, she gave 401 lbs of milk, wliicli made 18 3 4 

 lbs. of bolter, and from 10th to 20th September, 

 she gave 277 lbs. of milk, which made 15 1-2 lbs. 

 of butter. She was kept with other cows and 

 drove one mile to pasture during tlie season. To 

 Mr Watson, the committee award the second pre- 

 mium of S8. 



Wm. Eames, of Worcester, offered an 8 years 

 old cow, of native breed, which by his certificate, 

 gave from 10th to 20th June, 340 lbs. of milk, 

 which made 17 3-4 lbs. butter, and from 10th to 

 20th September, gave 260 lbs. milk, which made 

 13 1-2 lbs. of butter. Mr Eames further stated 

 that she calved on the 5th day of Nov. last, and 

 has averaged 10 quarts of milk per day from that 

 time to the date of the certificate, more than 11 

 months. To Mr Eames the committee award the 

 third premium of $6. 



Charles E. Miles, of Shrewsbury, offered a cow 

 9 years old, which by his certificate, gave from 

 lOth to 20th of June, 385 lbs. of milk, which pro- 



ination of the committee, there was another cow 

 offered wliose merits should place her in the first 

 rank ; and Mr Allen, (as the committee were in- 

 formed,) having obtained the second premium last 

 year, it was thought by the military portion of the 

 committee, that it would not do to degrade her. 

 We pass her, simply saying, that she gave from 

 the 10th to the 20th of June, 3.35 lbs. of milk, from 

 which 16 3 4 lbs. of butter were made. 



Danforth R. Tufts, of New Braintrce, entered 

 for premium a fine looking 8 years old cow, of 

 moderate size. 1'he committee had no statement 

 from Mr Tufts. 



Job Rainger, of New Braintree, offered a cow, 

 5 1-2 years old, kept with 17 others — from lOih to 

 the 20lh of Juno, her milk weighed from 33 to 36 

 lbs. per day. 



Daniel Tenny, of Sutton, exhibited a cow 9 

 years old, with a calf by her side — she was neither 

 large nor very handsome; but as phrenologists 

 would [no(] say, her bump of proJuclivenesa was 

 very strongly developed. 



Thomas S. Brackett, of Bolton, presented for 

 exhibition only, a most famous cow, of 10 years 

 old, wliich does great to him and his pastures, and 

 would be an ornament to any man's farm. 



Four cows were exhi'iited by the State Lunatic 

 Hospital, which were not large, but looked well, 

 and however frantic they might have once been, 

 are now remarkably neat and docile, which is a 

 characteristic, not only of the brute, but of the hu- 

 man species coming from within the limits of that 



institution, worthy the commendation of a grateful j Northboro' ; Wm. Eames and James Estabrook, of 

 i'"'''"'' I Worcester ; Harvey Dodge, of Sutton ; Danforth 



September, she gave 368 1-2 lbs. of milk, which 

 produced 17 lbs. 2 oz. of butter. She calved on 

 the 20th of April last. To Mr Miles the commit- 

 tee award the fourth premium of $3. 



On Heiftrs. 

 Committee — Adam Harrington, Shrewsbury ; 

 Otis Adams, of Grafton ; Gardner Wilson, Leices- 

 ter; Solon S. Hastings, Princeton; John McLellan, 

 Sutton ; Levi Pierce, Hubbardston ; and Joel 

 Pratt, jr., Sterling. 



The committee on Heifers have attended to the 

 duties assigned them, and report — that there were 

 fifty in the wh(de entered for premium, viz : ten 

 three year old heifers, sixteen of two years, thir- 

 teen yearling heifers and eleven heifer calves. 



Your committee had some difficulty in arriving 

 to a satisfactory result, as to the relative merits of 

 the several classes of heifers presented them for 

 premiums, as most of the animals gave much prom- 

 ise of future usefulness for stock and the dairy. 



Of the first class, your committee readily came 

 to a result perfectly satisfactory to themselves, as 

 to the best heifer, and awarded the first premium 

 of $8 to Abiel Jaques, of Worcester, for his beau- 

 tiful native heifer, 3 years old. 



The second premium of $6, to Jacob. W. Wat- 

 son, of Princeton, for his native heifer, 3 1-2 years 

 old, with a calf by her side. 



And the third premium of $4, to John Barnard, 

 of Worsester, for his light red heifer, of 3 years, 

 third Durham. 



1 he heifers belonging to Holloway Bailey, of 



K. Tufts, of New Braintree — of the first class, ai 

 very fine; and on many other similar occasion 

 might liave shared the bounty of this Society. 



In the next class, your comi.Jtlee fuund then 

 selves involved in duties unusually arduous, fro 

 the large number of heifers, and good qualitii 

 which were so equally balanced, — and after muc 

 care and attention, have awarded the first preniiu 

 of $,5, to Job Rainger, of New Braintree, for li 

 heifer, 2 years, 6 months and 15 dajs old — fourl 

 Spanisli. 



To Jacob W. Watson, of Princc'in, the secon 

 premium of $4, for his native heifer, of 3 1-2 year 

 with a calf by her side. 



And to Thomas W. Ward, of [Shrewsbury, ih 

 third premium of two dollars, for his heifer 2 1 

 years old. 



Many of the heifers of the eefoiid class were 

 good size and form, and very pnirnising animal 

 particularly those of Walter Bigelow and D. Wak 

 Lincoln, of Worcester, Wm. Cushman, of Ne 

 Braintree ; Peter B. Stockwell, of Sutton. 



Your committee, in awarding the premiums fi 

 the next class, had to encounter dilficiillies simih 

 to the former, yet after duly considering the reli 

 tivo merits of each one in this class, have awardt 

 the first premium of $5 to Joseph Sawyer, of Bo 

 ton, for his fine heifer, 18 months oM, half Du 

 ham. 



The second premium of .*4, to Jai.nes D. Hi] 

 of Sutton, for his native heifer, 18 months old. 



The third premium of two dollars, to Wm. ( 

 Clark, of Worcester, for his full-blood Durha: 

 heifer, 18 months old. 



Of this class your committee viewed with muc 

 pleasure the heifers of Rejoice Newton and Wa 

 ter Bigelow, of Worcester ; Paschal Tidd, of Ne' 

 Braintree; Harvey Dodge and Nathaniel Dodgi 

 of Sutton, and think their owners entitled to muc 

 praise for their exertions in a cause so worthy i 

 public patronage. 



Your committee have awarded the first premiur 

 of !S5 to Silas Brooks, of Worcester, for his nativ 

 heifer calf, of 6 months. 



To Amory Holnian, of Bolton, the second pre 

 miumof$3, for his heifer calf, half Durham, 

 months and 15 days old. 



And to Hiram Knight, of Leicester, the thir 

 premium of $2, for his native heifer calf, 6 month.: 

 and 14 days old. 



And your committee recommend that Wm. Cush' 

 man, Danforth R. Tufts, and Paschal Tidd, of Nei 

 Braintree ; and Harvey Dodge, Nathaniel Dodgt' 

 and Peter B. Stockwell, of Sutton, and Jame 

 Dyke, of MiUbury, be allowed and paid at the rat 

 of eight cents per mile for travel, computing fron 

 the place from which the heifers came, to the plac 

 of show. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



Bulls and Bull Calves. 



Committee — Rejoice Newton, Worcester; Frank 

 lin L. Sumner, Charlton ; Nuhum Willington, Wor 

 cester ; Joel Pratt, jr., Sterling ; Orasmus Willard 

 Harvard ; Jonas H. Allen, Shrewsbury. 



The committee on Bulls and Bull Calves, as) 

 leave to report : 



Fourteen entries were made of bulla more thai 

 a year old ; 13 only were found in the pens — thai 

 entered by Mr Job Rainger, of New Braintree, wa> 

 not seen by the committee. After deducting somi 

 two or three from the list, the otliers were so good 

 and possessing so nearly an aggregate of valusbli 



