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pears that her average product in milk for the six 
months, ending 1st October, was 49 lbs. per day, 
and in the months of June and July, 58 lbs. per 
day. In butter, her average product in the same 
time was more than 11 lbs. per week, and in the 
month of July alone, nearly 14 lbs. per week; yet 
in the same time he used the necessary milk and 
cream for his family of four persons. Your com¬ 
mittee have entire confidence in the statement of 
Mr. Hitchcock; yet it is proper here to remark, 
that from his account of her, and though awarded 
a premium as a native animal, she partakes high¬ 
ly of the blood of the Short-Horns. In the two 
classes of animals entered as of native and foreign 
origin , it is obvious that a proper discrimination 
was not made; for in some of the former there is 
evidently more of the blood of distinct imported 
races than the latter. Yet your committee deem¬ 
ed it their duty to award the premiums of the so¬ 
ciety to the two classes as they found them. 
Now here it is, most everywhere that our native 
cows are found excelling as milkers, we can trace 
a portion of their blood, (usually the greatest 
share,) to the Durhams, and yet there are those 
who are constantly decrying the Short-Horns for 
not being milkers. Verily a few particular people 
are very hard to be convinced. It is our intention 
hereafter to make up a table of the milking quali¬ 
ties of the Short-Horns and their grades, and any 
one possessing information upon this subject, we 
shall be glad by their communicating the same to 
us. Mr. Paoli Lathrop of South Hadley took the 
first premiums on Durham bulls and heifers. Mr. 
Ira Fenton of Belchertown on Durham cows, Mr. 
Sumner Chapin of Springfield, the first premiums 
on Fat Cattle and Working-Oxen. 
Sale of Rambouillet Merinos. —Mr. Nathan¬ 
iel Hart, Jr., of Kentucky, has just passed through 
this city on his way home, having in company 
with him three Rambouillet Merino bucks, pur¬ 
chased of Mr: D. C. Collins of Hartford, Connecti¬ 
cut. Mr. Hart has kept a large flock of the old- 
fashioned Merinos for some time, on his planta¬ 
tion at Versailles, Woodford county, and has pur¬ 
chased these fine bucks, as the best animals which 
could be found, for the purpose of making improve¬ 
ments upon them. Kentucky will have in these 
Rambouillets a valuable addition to her sheep 
stock, and we recommend their produce in advance, 
to the breeders of the western country. We un¬ 
derstand Mr. Collins has recently met with a great 
demand for his sheep, and that he has now dis¬ 
posed of all he has to spare this year. We con¬ 
gratulate him upon it, and take some credit to 
ourselves, for calling public attention to his very 
valuable imported flock. 
Sheep-Dogs.— The price of a well-broke sheep¬ 
dog is $25 to $30. They ought always to be ac¬ 
companied by their shepherds, as they are taught 
to manage sheep in a peculiar way, which none 
but regularly-bred shepherds understand. 
Annual Meeting of the N. Y. State Agri¬ 
cultural Society. —The annual meeting of the 
New York State Agricultural Society, will be held 
at the Society’s room in the Old State Hall, Alba¬ 
ny, on the 3d Wednesday, (the 17th,) of January, 
1844, at 10 o’clock, A. M. 
Persons intending to compete for the Society’s 
premiums on field-crops, essays, &c, are reminded 
that the.ir statements and essays must be sent to 
the Recording Secretary, Albany, before the first 
of January. 
Presidents of County Agricultural Societies are 
also requested to transmit the reports required by 
the statute, to the Recording Secretary, previous 
to the annual meeting. 
Luther Tucker, Rec. Sec’y. 
LIST OF PREMIUMS 
Of the American Institute .— Continued. 
Flowers. 
William Kent, Brooklyn, L. I., for superior dahlias, 
including some extra-fine American seedlings—gold 
medal. 
George C. Thorburn, 15 John street, N. Y., for a 
rich display of dahlias—gold medal. 
Daniel Boll, Bloomingdale, N. Y., for a fine assort¬ 
ment of dahlias, including some fine American seed¬ 
lings—silver medal. 
Thomas Hogg & Sons, 79th street, N. Y., for a good 
assortment of dahlias—Mrs. Loudon’s Flower Garden. 
William R. Prince, Flushing, L. I., for numerous 
varieties of dahlias—Downing’s Rural Ar chitecture. 
Thomas Addis Emmet, Mount Vernon, N. Y.—T. 
Cremmins, gardener—for a superior display of dahlias 
—Downing’s Cottage Architecture. 
William Phelan & Sons, 5th street, N. Y., for a fine 
display of dahlias—Hovey’s Magazine. 
William Reid, 34th street and 4th avenue, N. Y., for 
an excellent assortment of dahlias—Bridgeman’s Gar¬ 
deners’ Assistant. 
William Laird, 17th street, N. Y., for an ornamental 
frame, decorated with flowers—Hovey’s Magazine. 
James L. L. F. Warren, Brighton, Mass., for a beau¬ 
tiful bouquet of flowers—silver medal. 
Mrs. Jeremiah Brown, Brooklyn, L. I., for a -beau¬ 
tiful vase of flowers—Mrs. Loudon’s Flower Garden. 
J. B. Mantel, 46th street, N. Y., for an ornamental 
frame, decorated with flowers—American Flower-Gar¬ 
den Directory. 
Daniel Boll, Bloomingdale, N. Y., for numerous va¬ 
rieties of the rose, and other rare flowers—Mrs. Lou¬ 
don’s Flower Garden. 
Samuel M. Cox, Bloomingdale road, N. Y., for a 
beautiful stand of flowers—American Flower-Garden 
Directory. 
William Beekman, 110 Ninth street, N. Y., for a 
fine supply of dahlias—Hovey’s Magazine. 
Isaac Buchanan, 29th street, N. Y., for two vases 
of rare flowers—1 Vol. of American Agriculturist. 
To Alfred Bridgeman, J. Boyce, A. P. Cummings, 
William Davison, J. Ettringham, William V. Legget, 
Mrs. McFarlane, George Maine, William Ross, Samuel 
Ruth, Grant Thorburn, Jr., L. Van Wyck, Edward 
White, and John W. Wood, for supplies of flowers for 
ornamenting the Horticultural room, to each a copy of 
the Report of the American Institute, on the subject 
of Agriculture. 
Vegetables. 
Robert L. Pell, Pelham, Ulster co., N. Y., for the 
