State Agricultural Society. 541 



"It will be seen from this list that of the thirty Jerseys, six were 

 three-year-old heifers with second calves, and seven were two-year-olds 

 with first calves. Nine abortions, falling' largely among the better ani- 

 mals, seriously diminished the yield. 



"The product of milk for the year was one hundred and three thou- 

 sand one hundred and eighty pounds. Of this the nine grades and 

 natives gave fifteen thousand and forty-one pounds, and the odd two Jer- 

 seys four hundred and forty-seven pounds, leaving eighty-seven thou- 

 sand six hundred and ninety-two pounds for the Jerseys. Counting the 

 whole thirty as cows, and as being in the herd for the whole year, the 

 product would be two thousand nine hundred and twenty-three pounds 

 each. But it was far from being a herd of thirty, cows. Of Renella, 

 Margery, and Thrift, we had only the fag end of their unfavorable milk- 

 ing of the previous year. They were entirely absent eight, nine, and 

 seven months — equal to an absence of two cows for one year. Those sent 

 to Illinois, being deducted, equal an absence of one cow one year. The 

 seven two-year-old heifers and the nine aborting animals would be lib- 

 erally treated if we were to count them as equal to half as many cows, 

 or deduct eight for them for the whole year. 



"These deductions will bring the herd of the year to nineteen average 

 cows, yielding an average of four thousand six hundred and fifteen 

 pounds, or, calling two and fifteen one hundredths pounds a quart, to an 

 average of two thousand one hundred and forty-six quarts." 



A large quantity of milk was purchased from neighbors, which by a 

 careful estimate was found to have made during the whole year, one 

 thousand two hundred and eighty-five pounds of butter. The result is 

 estimated as follows: "The whole amount of butter made, including 

 what was consumed on the farm during the year, was five thousand 

 nine hundred and twelve pounds. Deducting for the purchased milk 

 one thousand two hundred and eighty-five pounds, leaves four thousand 

 six hundred and twenty-seven pounds for our own herd. Of this, taking 

 out for the fifteen thousand four hundred and ninety-four pounds of milk 

 (of the nine natives and two odd Jerseys), equal to seven thousand two 

 hundred and six quarts, yielding, at twelve quarts to the pound, six hun- 

 dred pounds of butter, four thousand and twenty-seven pounds are to be 

 credited to the regular list given above. Dividing this by nineteen, we 

 have a yearly average of two hundred and twelve pounds per cow." 



In another of the Ogden Farm Papers the writer says: 



"As a perfect^ fair specimen of the smaller type of the herd, I will 

 instance the case of Flora Hinman, a thoroughbred, which weighs now — 

 after dropping her second calf, and when she is three years and four 

 months old — six hundred and three pounds. Her first calf was dropped 

 November tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, when she was twen- 

 ty-three months old. The milk did not go into the dairy until December 

 third. From that time we carefully weighed all her milk until April thir- 

 teenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, when she was dried off" pre- 

 paratory to her second calving (April twenty-third.) I divided her reck- 

 oning into eighteen periods of four weeks each. It stands as follows: 

 first — five hundred and one half pounds; second — four hundred and nine- 

 teen pounds; third — three hundred and forty-six and one half pounds; 

 fourth — three hundred and sixty-one and one half pounds; fifth — three 

 hundred and eighty-nine and one half pounds; sixth — three hundred 



