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" Daisy," owned by me, of the E. M Reed stock. She is six years 

 old, has had five calves (three heifers), and dropped her last, 

 Sept. 11th. She gave, Sept. 22d, twelve quarts of milk, which 

 showed 3.|- inches of cream out of 10, or 35 per cent. She is 

 the best butter cow of the herd, and makes, when in full flow in 

 June, fourteen pounds of butter in a week. She has no fault, 

 except that she does not give as much milk as the last named. 



3. "Pansy"; color, dark red, black and white, black points. 

 Bought by me in 1869, from the Bridgewater stock, imported 

 by the Hobarts of that town. She is six years old, and has had 

 four calves (three heifers), and dropped the last, April 5th, 

 1871. She gave, May 30th, thirteen quarts of milk, and showed 

 in the test If inches of cream, or 16 per cent. I purchased her 

 because she so much resembled the last described ; but her milk 

 does not equal the other. 



4. " Maggie " ; color, light red and white, with black points. 

 Dropped Sept. 21st, 1869. Sire, " Dandy," raised by me out of 

 " Nora," by " Duke," got by " Don," and both of the Forbush 

 stock. Dam, " Lily," first described in this list. She is two 

 years old, and dropped her first calf, Sept. 1st (a heifer). She 

 gave, Sept. 22d, eight quarts of milk, which showed 2 inches of 

 cream out of 10, or 20 per cent. She is very gentle, and made 

 no more trouble at the first milking than any old cow. 



5. " Essie " ; color, light fawn and white, with black points. 

 Dropped March 20th, 1869. Sire, a Jersey bull, owned by J. 

 H. Bent, of this town. Dam, " Nora," bought of J. Forbush, 

 and bred by him out of imported stock (Motley's). She is with 

 calf by "Doctor" (a son of "Clover"), now owned by S. H. 

 Pierce, Esq., of Lincoln, to come in next March. 



6. "Flora"; color, dark fawn and white, with black points. 

 Dropped June 10th, 1870. Sire, " Middlesex," raised and 

 owned by Geo. Keyes, of Concord, out of the E. M. Reed stock. 

 Dam, " Pansy," described in this list, No. 3. 



7. 8, 9. Three heifer calves, dropped this month, September, 

 by the three above-named, Nos. 1, 2 and 4, and sired by the 

 bulls last mentioned. 



My herd is kept at pasture in the summer on rather a light, 

 sandy soil, which starts early, and furnishes some June and 

 witch grasses in the first part of the season, but dries up later, 

 when the milch cows get green fodder, corn and rowen, night 



