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E. "F. Crane of Kenduskeag, obtained second premium on steer 

 -calves, of which he sajs : "They are of native breed, five months 

 old, of four feet and five inches girth, and raised by myself in the 

 town of Kenduskeag. These calves were raised by hand, or, on 

 the pail. 'For the first four weeks they consumed what hay they 

 wanted, with the addition of three quarts of new milk and three 

 quarts of skimmed milk per day to each calf For the last four 

 months they have been to pasture, with the daily allov/ance of one 

 quart of Indian meal, eight quarts of skimmed milk and three 

 quarts of new milk, made into porridge and equally divided between 

 them. Amount consumed by the calves during five months : 



Skimmedmilk, 1,050 quarts, at 2c., . . . $2100 



New milk, 450 " at 4c., . . . 18 00 



Indian meal, 120 " . . > . 3 50 



Cost of raising, .... |42 50 



If brought up on cows for the same length of time, each cow 



giving eight quarts per day, they would have consumed 2. 400 quarts 



of new milk, which, at four cents per quart, Avould amount to ^96. 



balance in favor of raising by hand, $53.50." 



Dairy Products, 



A. Barton's dairy consists of seventeen cows ; prefers grade Dur- 

 hams ; makes cheese as follows : "I add the rennet about twenty-five 

 minutes after milking, and let it stand until the curd makes ; cross 

 the curd, and it stands until morning; grisid the same in a curd- 

 grinder with the morning's curd ; then salt to taste and press the 

 same about forty-eight hours. I find highland or clover pasture 

 makes far the richest cheese. My cows averaged two hundred and 

 twelve pounds each, last year." 



Thomas Mansfield prefers grade Devons for butter making ; yield, 

 •one hundred and eighty pounds butter per annum. 



Chauncey Cochran says : " My dairy consists of four cows ; they 

 are of native and native and Durham breeds. I feed them on hay 

 in winter and grass in summer. My manner of making cheese is as 

 follows : — Evening's milk is put into a cheese-tub with rennet suf^ 



