STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 741 



On referring to the previous weighing, there was. little or no 

 gain from Feb. 4th to March 4th , the cows being at that time in 

 a somewhat more relaxed state. During March they wholly re- 

 gained their consistency. Tlie gain shown in the weighing. March 

 31, by the six cows, appears therefore unusually great. It should 

 however be computed as made during the eight weeks, from Feb. 

 4th to March 31st, being with an average yield of nearly 12 quarts 

 (11.66) per day each, at the rate of 8| lbs. each per week on the 

 average. 



No. 11, it will be observed, is stated as givins; more milk on the 

 31st than on the 4th of March. It occasionally happens that cows 

 drop their yield of milk for a day or two, and then regain it, es- 

 pecially when in use. The whole of these six cows were kept 

 free from calf till February, when Nos. 2 and 4 were sent to bull. 

 I had some hesitation in regard to No. 4, from her having suffered 

 from pleuro. Her milk, tested by a lactometer, denoted a less 

 than average proportion of cream; still in quantity, and keeping 

 up its yield for a length of time, being of more than ordinary 

 capability, I decided to retain iier. 



Nos. } and 7, which are giving respectively 8 and 10 quarts per 

 day, are in a state of fatness; they will probably be sold in June 

 as prime fat, when their yield of milk will probably be 6 and 8 

 quarts per day each. They may be expected to fetch 20/. to 23/. 

 No. 6 is also in a state of forwardness. No. 11, which suffered 

 considerably from pleuro, is in comparatively lower condition. 



During the season, from the close of October to the close of 

 January, I avoid purchasing riear-calving cows, which an-e then 

 unusually dear, my replenishments being made with cows giving 

 a low range of milk and intended for fattening: I find them more 

 profitable than those which are quite dry. The present season I 

 had additional grounds for abstaining from buying higli-priced 

 cows from the recent presence of pleuro. 



On the 2nd of March 1 had occasion to purchase a calving cow, 

 which v.'as reported to have calved on the 2Sth of February. Her 

 weight on the 4th of March was 9 cwt. 1 (p*. I supplied her with 

 35 lbs. of m-mgel, and hay (id libitum^ ()^ wliich she ate 22 lbs. 

 per day. The greatest yield she attained was somewhat more 

 than 13 (piarts per day. On the 31st of March her weight was 

 9 cwt.. ])eing a loss of 28 ll^s. in four weeks. Her yield of milk 



