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“ This quantity can be increased by improving our cows as milkers. 
It is not uncommon in Central New York to make six hundred pounds 
from a cow; and I have cows in my dairy that will yield more than that. 
Our feed is as good and as abundant, and the only difficulty is in pro¬ 
curing cows. 
“ Respectfully yours, 
“F. S. Eldred.” 
To Albert C. Ingham, Esq., 
Sec. of the Wis. State Ayr. Society. 
FLOUR AND HONEY.—No. of Entries, 7. 
Judges — Talbot C. Dousman, Waterville; Gardiner Gallup, Fox Lake; 
Mrs. E. W. Edgerton, Summit. 
Best barrel of flour; L. A. Cole, Watertown. Diploma. 
Best ten pounds of honey; E. B. Quiner, Watertown. Bronze Medal. 
Best bee-liive; Joseph A. Carpenter, Waukesha. Yol. Trans. 
GRAINS AND SEEDS.—No. of Entries, 21. 
Judges — Thomas Hislop, Milwaukee; J. C. Howard, Lake; H. B. 
Hawley, Milford. 
Best sample of (Soules) winter wheat; Leonard Coleman, Summit. 81. 
Best Connecticut seed leaf and Cuba tobacco and cigars; H. B. Hawley, 
Milford. Silver Medal. 
Best sample of Indian corn ; James T. Walklin, Eagle Center. 81 and 
Sett Trans. 
Best sample of winter wheat; Simeon Ford, Watertown. Second Yol. 
Trans. 
Best bale of hops; Charles Avery, Concord. Sett Trans. 
James T. Walklin’s Statement. 
“ I cultivate my corn land in the following manner: I plow my land 
in the month of May, and plant my corn about the 12th or 14th of the 
same month. In preparing the ground after plowing, and before plant¬ 
ing, I harrow the land smooth, and then lay out my furrows four feet 
