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The females, ndiilts, will correspond witli tlie three-year-old 

 males in the above table, the youii<^er cows wcMghin^- IVeqiieiitly 

 only 75 pounds, and many of the older ones goin^ as lii;^h as 

 120, but an average of SO to So i)onnds is the rule. 



The tive and six year old mah's, when they lirst make their 

 appearance in May and tTune, are very much heavier than at 

 the time I weighed them in »July ; they an^ then, perhaps, when 

 fat and fresh, luUy one-third heavier than the exhilut on the 

 table, but the cows and other classes do not sustain [jrotracted 

 fasts, and do not vary much through the season. 



