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April 10, 1872 

 Feb. 12, 1872 

 April 12, 1872 

 April 23, 1872 

 May 2, 1872 

 May 2, 1872 

 June 11, 1872 

 July 9, 1872 



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 370 

 252 

 304 

 303 

 300 

 262 

 266 



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 7,5804 

 3,069 * 

 4,760 

 6,0541 

 6,7064 

 6, 122$ 

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 16.40 

 15.37 

 16.52 

 11.49 

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16.64 



An experiment was made by Mr. Chas. M. Beach with three pure Jer- 

 seys, three grades, and three natives, the experiment being carefully 

 conducted for a week. The animals were in the same condition and 

 kept on the same food. Each lot averaged about the same time from 

 calving. Six and one half quarts of Jersey milk made a pound of but- 

 ter; of the milk of the grades there were required eight and one quarter 

 quarts, and of the natives eleven quarts; so that a Jersey cow giving 

 twelve and two thirds quarts, or a grade giving sixteen and one half 

 quarts, would make as much butter as a native cow giving twenty-two 

 quarts. 



A curious experiment was recently made by General W. S. Tilton, at 

 the National Soldiers' Home, near Augusta, Me. The herd consists of 

 Dutch cattle, grades, and Jerseys. The average of milk per day for 

 the whole year, as compared with the average weight of the cows of 

 each class, was: 



Dutch 1 t 5 p 6 q per cent of live weight. 



Grades IjVtt P el * cent °f ^ ve weight. 



Jerseys lfo 8 o P er centi °f li ve weight. 



The proportion of cream was as follows: 



Of Dutch it took 3y$ $ pounds live weight to produce one quart. 

 Of Grades it took 3^$ pounds live weight to produce one quart. 

 Of Jerseys it took 2 T 2 9 ¥ pounds live weight to produce one quart. 



So that if an animal (other things being equal) consumes food in pro- 

 portion to its weight, then in order to make as much cream from the 

 other breeds as can be made by a Jersey consuming two thousand 

 pounds of hay, we must feed a Dutch cow two thousand six hundred 

 and forty-nine pounds, or a grade two thousand four hundred and two 

 pounds. As the cream of Jersey milk produces more butter per quart 

 than that from the other sorts of cattle, the advantage in butter making 

 is still more in favor of the Jerseys. 



