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half inches in ten of her morning's, and one and three-tenths 

 of an inch in ten of her evening's milk was cream. Her 

 average weight was one thousand one hundred and sixty 

 pounds morning, one thousand one hundred and eighty pounds 

 evening. 



The above cows were turned out to pasture the loth of May, 

 and have had no other keeping since that time, until tlie 

 middle of August, when I turned tliem out after milking at 

 night into a mowing. 



Statement of J. P. Reed. 



The cow which I offer for premium is eight years old, of the 

 Holderness breed. Dropped her calf on the 5th of August 

 last. I commenced weighing her milk on the ninth day of the 

 same month, and for the next seven days she gave three 

 hundred and twelve pounds, being an average of forty-four and 

 four-sevenths pounds per day. The first seven days in Sep- 

 tember she gave an average of forty-two pounds per day. 

 Keeping, nothing but pasture feed. Her milk is of the best 

 quality. She has never had any meal, grain or roots. The 

 society's second premium was awarded me for her last year. 



Statement of Daniel Messinger. 



The three-years old heifer which I offer for premium dropped 

 her first calf on the 11th day of last April. Sold the calf at 

 three days old. Have measured her milk from April 15th to 

 September 15th. The result is as follows: — 



From April 15th to June 15th, an average of twelve and 

 three-fifths quarts per day. From June 15th to July 1st, 

 twelve quarts per day. From July 1st to July. 15th, ten 

 and one-half quarts per day. From July 1.5th to September 

 15th, nine and two-fifths quarts per day. The weight of her 

 milk the first week in June, two hundred and fourteen and 

 one-fourth pounds. The first week in September, one hundred 

 and fifty-one and three-fourths pounds. My pasture being 

 quite small and insufficient to pasture one cow, was obliged 

 to feed with hay from the barn, and the last part of the time 

 some corn stalks. I think the quantity of milk w r ould have 

 been much increased had she been turned to good fall feed. 



