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made— a thing which I never did ; I make it a rule, if I get a 

 good cow to keep her : if I have a poor one, fit her for the 

 butcher as soon as possible. The cow that was sold for beef in 

 June, had in addition to what the others had, about eight quarts 

 of Indian meal per day. I usually continue to milk my cows 

 while I am fattening them. I give them about as much meal 

 as they will eat ; when they begin to shrink in their milk they 

 soon grow fat, and then I can usually sell them for enough to 

 buy a good new milch cow. 



The produce of the cows for the last nine months, has been 

 as follows, for milk sold the milk-man, who has taken it at the 

 door : — 



January, 1,267 quarts, at 4 cents per quart, S50 68 



February, 1,511 " " " 60 44 



March, 1,838 " " « 73 52 



April, 1,716 " at 3 cents per quart, 51 48 



May, 1,715 " " " 51 45 



June, 1,744 " " " 52 32 



July, 1,485 " " « 44 55 



August, 1,372 " " " 41 1(3 



September, 1,279 " « 38 37 



11-3,927 $463 97 



Five calves, oq OO 



In addition to what the milk-man has taken, we 



have sold 600 quarts to families, at 4 cts., . 24 00 



And made 25 lbs. of butter at 24 cts., . . 6 00 



$513 97 



I find that my stock has averaged but a fraction over eight 

 cows for the nine months. This makes the income of each, 

 $64.25. 



I have made no mention of milk used in my family, which 

 has probably been about two quarts per day. I find that when 

 I add to the milk sold, that used for making butter and used 

 in the family, that for 274 days in the nine months past, that my 

 cows have averaged nearly seven quarts per day. Perhaps I 

 ought to state that the measure used was wine measure. 



In feeding roots to my cows I usually begin with the flat 



