Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-09
Sarah J. Logan, Chester; Mrs. Jacob
Decker, and Jacob NJ. Decker, Susque-

Sarah ]. Logan, Chester; Mrs. Jacob
Decker, and Jacob NJ. Decker, Susque-
hanna.
No. 10-MILcH Cows.
To Lmes Goren, Esq, President Of
the State Agricultural Society The IN.
dersigued being the Judges appointed on
No. 10 Of Cla,s respectfully report:
That on examining the list Of Judges,
and comparing it with the premium list,
they find that Judges have been appointed
to award premiums for the bes. cows Of all
the different breeds exhibited on the
ground, leaving the undersigned, as they
inferred, the duty Of awarding premiums
to the best, second and third best COW, as
proven by the quantity Of milk and the
amount of butter made from such within
the given periods, and under the circum-
stances set forth in the instructions given
under the head of Mich Cows, without re-
gard to the breed or character Of the stock
from which such COWS spring.
The value Of COW as mixer is best
tested by the quantity Of milk, and the
quantity of butter or cheese, which she will
yield during whole season; but as it
could not be expected that any person
would keep accurate account Of the pro-
duce of one or more cows for so long Pc
Rod, and still less should We expect that
two or more persons would keep their cows
exactly alike in reference to provender,
pasture, &C., during whole season, the
Executive Committee seem to have
though. the nearest approximation to an
accurate result would be to place the COWS
upon an equality, as near as could be, in
regard to their keeping for limited time,
and ascertain the exact amounts Of milk
and butter which such cows would yield
during tue time of trial.
Under this view of the subject, the un-
dersigned did not suppose that it would be
required to have the cows entered for COM
petition under the head Of "Milch Cows"
on the exhibition ground, or that the
Judges Of Glass l, No. 10, should take
any notice of the condition or appearance
of the animal, but in their decision be
guided and governed by the statement re-
auired in the instructions contained in the
premium list. On application to the Sc
cretary for statements deposited in refer
euce to this subject, they found that no
such statements had been furnished, con-
scquently there was no competition Of
"Milch Cows" under the instructions
given, and nothing left for the undersigned
to do.
Whilst the undersigned do not repine ct
being thus relieved from duty, they cannot
forbear expressing their regret that so i'm
portaut a branch of domestic economy
should be SO little appreciated by the far
mers Of Pennsylvania. Mich Cows form
part of the stock Of every farmer, and the
difference between a good COW and bad
one, each requiring the same amount Of
care and feed, is SO apparent, that it ought
to arrest the attention Of every agricultu.
rist. Nor is it the agriculturist alone that
is interested in this subject In this happy
land of peace and plenty, every mechanic
residing in the country, and every frugal
and industrious laborer, can afford to, and
generally does, keep COW and even those
who inhabit cities and towns, where cows
cannot be conveniently kept, find milk,
butter and cheese indispensable articles for
families, and are, therefore, all interested
in producing the greatest amount of those
necessary articles Of food at tue least ex-
pense. And, although the test proposed
by the Agricultural Society would not
make the farmers cows yield more milk,it
WOutU nave seTNeu W SuOW tue uiicTeuce
between good cow and an Indifferent one,
and It was hoped would arouse the atten-
tion of the farming community from the
apathy which seems to prevail on this i'm
pcrtant subject. The Agricultural Socie-
ty cannot be subjected to any censure for
the indifference manifested on this subject;
the premiums offered on this branch ofthe
exhibition, when compared with others,
taking into the view the risk, trouble aud
expense to be incurred, will be found
very liberal and if those WHO are most
deeply interested cannot be influenced to
make some effort to improve their Mich
Cows, we must permit them to 60 on in
he old way,in which they milk their cows
,ne- half the season, aud the cows milk
hem the other half. All Of which is re-
'pectfully submitted.
JouN SrRouM,
r. X. REED,
JOB HAYES, Committee.
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