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with a small amount of grain for from four to eight weeks, be in 

 the best of order for beef. 



I notice some dairymen rate their yearly milk from their herd of 

 cows as high as six hundred, six hundred and fifty and six hun- 

 dred and eighty gallons per cow, when fed in the manner I have 

 mentioned, making in the aggregate the sum of $81.60 per cow, 

 allowing $60 for feed and labor; showing a net profit of $21.60 

 per cow yearly. Also, one dairyman in Illinois, from one hundred 

 cows, averaged eight hundred and sixty gallons of milk and three 

 hundred and fourteen pounds of butter per cow the past year. 

 The butter was sold at 38 cents per pound, showing a yield of 

 $119.32 per cow, $11,932.00 for the one hundred cows. These 

 cows were fed freely on meal. Mr. G. S. Miller of Peterborough, 

 N. Y., reports the milk from three Ilolstein cows, being about of 

 equal weight, twelve hundred pounds for three years ; their ages, 

 four, five and six years, respectively, in 1870, commencing April, 

 1870, and ending April, 1873. The six years old cow, in 365 

 days, produced 12,681 pounds of milk, daily average 34 pounds ; 

 second year, 365 days, 11,528 pounds, daily average 31 pounds; 

 third year, 257 days, 648 pounds, and a daily avei-age of 25 pounds. 

 The five years old cow, the first year, 293 days, produced 9,379 

 pounds of milk, daily average 32 pounds ; second year, 258 days, 

 10,691 pounds, daily average 41 pounds; third year, 365 days, 

 11,766 pounds, daily average 32 pounds. The four years old cow, 

 the first year, 327 days, produced 6,980 pounds of milk, daily 

 average 21 pounds; second year, 245 days, 7,893 pounds, daily 



average 32 pounds ; third year, 365 days, 8,588 pounds ; daily 

 average 23 pounds. 



By the foregoing statement you readily perceive, that the first 



named cow, from 6 to 9 years old, was in milk during the three 



years 987 daj-s, and in 108 days short of three years produced 



30,689 pounds of milk ; the second cow, from 5 to 8 years old, in 



milk 916 days, and in 179 days short of three years produced 



32,836 pounds of milk, and the third cow, from 4 to 7 years old, 



in milk 937 days, and in 158 days short of three years produced 



23,461 pounds of milk. From this statement, we have in 987 



days, from the 6 to 9 3'ears old cow, 30.689 pounds of milk ; from 



the 5 to 8 years old cow, 32,836 pounds of milk in 916 days, and 



from the 4 to 7 years old cow, 23,461 pounds of milk in 937 da^'s. 



The first cow, from 6 to 9 years old, gave a daily average of 3U| 



