340 ^^^ST PENOBSCOT SOCIETY. 



g. g. g. gr. (1. Dewclrop, bj Cliarles (878), 



g. g. g. g. gr. d. imported Duleibella, by Frederick (1060). 



g- g- g- g- g- g^- ^- D<-^licia, bj Major (2252). 



g. g. g. g. g. g. gr. d. , by Comus (161). 



g- g- g- g- g- g- g- g^"- ^- > bj Marske (418). 



g- g §• g- g- g- g- g- g^- ^- \ ^y ^^^^- Wetherell's bull." 



She came in on the 7th of April last, dropping the heifer calf 

 exhibited with her. Her keeping, both winter and summer, has 

 been the same as the old cow's. As a milker she is very good for & 

 heifer, ^he made in June a pound of butter a day on ordinary 

 pasture only. Her milk resembles that of the old cow in its dairy 

 qualities. She took the second premium as a two years old at the 

 State Fair, in Portland, last year, and the same premium at the 

 Kennebec Fair, in October last. Her girth is five feet six and one- 

 Lalf inches. 



The heifer calf here offered for premium, was dropped by the 

 above, April 7ib, 1857, and is now five and two-thirds months old- 

 She was got by the full blood Durham bull Bay State (237), win- 

 ner of the first prize at Portland, last year. She sucked her dam 

 one week — was then taught to drink, and has had half the milk of 

 one cow through the season. At six weeks old she had, night and 

 morning, with the milk, a porridge made of half a pint of Indian 

 meal, which has been gradually increased in quantity to three pints 

 per day. She has been in the pasture since the middle of June. 



I esteem this breed of cattle for their docility, gentleness, early 

 maturity, and good milking qualities. From the experience I have- 

 had, I can say that they can be kept, both winter and summer, on 

 the same quality of feed as our native cattle, and that they require 

 no more oj it in proportion to their live weight. 



Isaac W. Case. 



September 25th, 1857. 



From the statem.ents on cows we gather that Wm. Spratt showed 

 a native cow, six years old, which gives in June and July twenty- 

 four quarts of milk per day — on common pasture. 



C. Cochran showed grade Durham cows, one four years old, giv- 

 ing twenty quarts per day, and one three years old, giving eighteeui 

 quarts per day. 



