inquiry should not be, which will at first give us the most dollars? but which will have the best influence upon our family? The boy who regularly feeds and cares for his pet calf is acquiring those habits of attention to the wants of our domestic animals, which he can not so well learn in any other way; those habits of care and regularity will fit him to discharge better the duties of life. The fact that so many of the leading men in all our cities came from those districts where stock-raising formed a large part of the business, shows that the raising of calves has a tendency to elevate men, or to prepare them for a high position. Where all the stock is raised upon the farm there is a kind of mutual attachment existing between the family and the animals, that is not found where the stock is bought. The boy upon a farm where stock is raised has an opportunity to learn how to judge of the age of an animal, better than he can where there is an uncertainty about their ages.

We often hear the remark made, that most of the boys are leaving the farm for some other occupation. We think that more attention to stock-raising will have a tendency to attach them more strongly to their homes.

We award A. C. Rollins, of Methuen, for his 3 year old heifer, the second premium of $6.

To George B. Loring, of Salem, the first premium of $5, for his 2 year old Ayrshire heifer.

To William Vanston, of Lawrence, the second premium of Harris' book on Insects.

They award to Varnum Tyler, of Methuen, the first premium of $5, for his yearling heifer.

To George B. Loring, of Salem, the second premium of $3, for his Ayrshire yearling heifer.

They would make honorable mention of the fine Alderney heifers exhibited by F. C. Drew, of Lawrence, and also of two good Grade Short Horn heifers, exhibited by Ben: Perley Poore, of West Newbury.

WILLIAM R. PUTNAM, for the Committee.

MILCH COWS.

The Committee on Milch Cows report:

There were nine cows offered for the Society's premiums. All of these cows appeared to be good ones, and it might have been difficult to determine who should receive the premiums, if the competitors had conformed to the rules of the Society.

Perhaps this lack of detail may be accounted for by supposing that the owners of these cows thought them good enough to obtain the premium without a full statement; that if they were on exhibition, that was sufficient. The Committee, however, are of a different opinion.

What the Committee require to arrive at a just award, is a full compliance with the regulations of the Society with regard to all such statements as the Society have made it imperative for the owner to furnish, and this not only for the help of the Committee, but all who would be benefitted by an award being made, must know about the feed, care, etc., etc., in detail. We had thought the Society's premium of twentyfive dollars enough to pay for the trouble of furnishing such a statement, but if this is not so, then we hope it will be increased.

The Committee think that no cow offered is entitled to the first premium; that Benaiah Titcomb, of Haverhill, is entitled to the second premium of ten dollars-and they recommend that a gratuity of ten dollars be awarded to Horatio Bodge, of South Danvers.

Francis Dodge, Eben King, J. Vincent Browne, W. B. Carlton, John W. Raymond, Committee.

STATEMENT OF BENAIAH TITCOMB.

I enter for premium, one Durham and Ayrshire Cow, nine years old. She calved November 8th, 1864, and is with calf

by full blood Durham bull. Time out, March 4th, 1866. She has run in a very poor pasture, of about forty acres, with seven other cows, and I have given her two quarts of meal and shorts-that is, a quart each-per day, through the summer; and for the last six weeks she has been fed on dry hay-of fair quality of stock hay at night. Her milk was weighed, the first ten days in June and September, as follows:

1865. June 1, A. M., 141⁄2 lbs. P. M., 171 lbs.

She was drove on the 4th, and kept in the yard on the 5th, which may account for the falling off in her milk at that time.

1865. September 1, A. M., 11 lbs. P. M., 15 lbs.

She averaged 144 quarts for June, and 10 quarts for September.

Her milk is good, and I think she would have made about 10 lbs. of butter per week in June. This opinion is founded upon a small quantity which was weighed in that month; but as I have sold a part, and made butter of the rest, I have no means of knowing the exact amount of butter she would make.

She was raised by the late Nathaniel Gilman, Esq., of Exeter, N. H., from pure stock. I know no fault in the cow.

STATEMENT OF HORATIO BODGE.

The cow I offer for premium was raised by myself. She is native breed. She was seven years old last February. She dropped her last calf the 19th of last April, and will calve again next April. The first ten days in June she averaged 21 quarts of milk per day, or 45 lbs. The first ten days in September she gave 13 quarts per day.

We consider the quality of her milk good. After selling and using over six quarts of milk per day we made ten pounds of butter in one week in June. She makes yellow butter, which brings the highest price in market. Her feed has been ordinary pasture feed. The above statement is correct, having both measured and weighed the milk myself.

BULLS.

The Committee on Bulls report six bulls for premium, and

one for exhibition.

The Durham offered for exhibition by B. P. Poore, attracted a great deal of attention, and would have been worthy of a first premium, had he been a competitor.

There was a bull offered by Mrs. Charles Harriman, as a pure bred Devon, which in the opinion of the Committee would have been worthy of a second premium, had a pedigree been furnished, in conformity with the regulations of the Society.

They award to Dr. George B. Loring, of Salem, for his yearling Ayrshire bull, the second premium of $5.

They award to Charles O. Cummins, of Andover, for his grade bull, the second premium of $5.

Joseph Kittredge, Paul T. Winkley, Benjamin D. Appleton, Thomas Hale, Andrew Mansfield, Committee.

STALLIONS.

The Committee report:

There were two entries of 4 year olds and upwards, and one of 3 year olds.

The Committee award the first premium of $15, for 4 year olds and upwards, to George B. Martin, of Danvers, for his 4 year old stallion; and the second premium of $10, to Loring P. Dempsey, of Danvers, for his 6 year old stallion; the first premium of $8, for 3 year olds, to George B. Martin, for his 3 year old stallion.

Franklin Alley, John Daland, J. C. Stimpson, Committee.

BROOD MARES.

The Commitee on Brood Mares having attended to the duty assigned them, make the following report: