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fed since the first of May, with whey. No swine are kept on the 

 premises; all coarse feed, such as roots, slops, apples, &c., (usua 

 ly fed to swine) are fed to cows, because I have proved by three 

 years experiment that such feed will make more pounds of cheese 

 when fed to cows, than pork when fed to swine ; and as much flesh 

 upon the cows as is made in pork, in addition to the cheese; and 

 require less hay and pasture. A suitable portion of land is tilled 

 annually to use up ihe manure of stock and compost, to keep mea- 

 dows well seeded, and raise grain and vegetables for family use. 



The average quantity of cheese (market weight) made from each 

 cow, in 1842, was 714 lbs. Do., in 1843, with one quarter heifers, 

 650 lbs. Made in April, 1844, from scattering cows, 650 lbs. 



Made this season, since the first of May, from 

 25 cows, three of which were three year old 



heifers, 14,163 lbs., an 



average of 4 lbs. per day for 4i months. Add 650 lbs. 



14,813 lbs., an 

 average of 592 lbs. made this season, and with the usual quantity made 

 the balance of the season, will make an average of 700 lbs. per cow. 

 Annual average per cow, for three years, 680 lbs. sold ; average 

 price for three years, $6, delivered at canal. Average nett per cow, 

 $41.40. 



In 1842 and '43 the farm and dairy was leased to a tenant, reserv- 

 ing three-filths of the products myself, the tenant two-fifths. In 1844 

 I hired one man to make cheese and take care of cows, at $11 per 

 month, for 8 months, and one for the same to work on farm. Extra 

 help is hired in haying and harvest. 



Herkimer County, ss. — Moses Wheeler, of Litchfield, Herkimer 

 county, being duly sworn, says that he is in the employ of Alonzo 

 L. Fish, of town and county aforesaid ; that he has manufactured the 

 milk from twenty-five cows belonging to, and being on the farm of 

 said Alonzo L. Fish, into cheese this season, and has carefully weigh- 

 ed every cheese, and kept a memorandum of the same ; and that he 

 finds the whole amount of the cheese made from the 1st of May, 

 1844, to the 17th September, 1844, is (14,163 lbs.) fourteen thou- 

 sand one hundred and sixty-three pounds. 



MOSES WHEELER. 



Sworn and subscribed before me, this 17th day of Sept. 1844. ' 



Samuel McKee, Justice of the Peace. 



Herkimer County, ss. — I, Samuel McKee, a Justice of the Peace 

 in and for the county aforesaid, certify that I am personally acquaint- 

 ed with Alonzo L. Fish, of Litchfield, Herkimer county, and know 

 him to be a dairying farmer, and that I have examined the premises 

 of the said Alonzo L. Fish, and am fully satisfied that the foregoing 

 description and drafts given by him of his farm building and fixtures 

 are correct. 



