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of 20 quarts per day, and " Bessie " an average of 18} quarts 

 per day. The milk is sold at the barn. At the time of trial in 

 June the cows had pasture feed alone ; in July commenced 

 feeding corn- fodder in addition ; and since the first of August 

 they have had three quarts of shorts and one of corn meal, in 

 addition to corn- fodder and pasture feed. In the winter I feed 

 hay dry, with from four to six quarts of shorts and two quarts 

 linseed meal, dry, and a peck of roots to each cow. " Lexing- 

 ton " has been fed in the barn through the year on second 

 quality of hay, with two quarts of corn meal per day. He is 

 quiet, easily managed and an excellent stock getter. 



The superior qualities claimed are an extra quantity and 

 quality of milk produced, considering the amount of food con- 

 sumed, and their peculiar adaptation as a breed, for dairy cows 

 on the farms of New England which furnish milk for the market. 

 While they are naturally quick and high-spirited, I have found 

 no cattle more easily controlled and managed by gentle and 

 careful handling than the Ayrshire. 



Annexed are their pedigrees : — 



"Lexington" (A. H. B., No. 673), bred by George W. 

 Lyman ; sire, " Comet" ; dam, an Ayrshire cow ; both imported 

 by Mr. Lyman. 



" Miss McGregor" (A. H. B., vol. 2, No. 641), bred by J. 

 Giles, Framingham ; sire, " Rob Roy, Jr.," out of Ayrshire cow, 

 by " Rob Roy " ; both imported by Sir James Logan, Montreal, 

 C. E.; dam, "Lady Mary " (A. H. B., vol. 2, No. 536). 



" Bessie " (A. H. B., vol. 2, No. 263), bred by J. Giles ; sire 

 and dam same as " McGregor." 



"Rose Standish," (A. H. B., No. 752), bred by H. Loring; 

 sire, " Malcom," No. 254, out of " Miss Morton," No. 153, by 

 " Eglinton," both imported by H. H. Peters, Southborough ; dam, 

 " Myrtle," No. 649, out of " Queen, 3d," No. 182, by " Eglinton, 

 2d," both imported by Mr. Peters. 



" Daisy : " sire, " Granite State," out of " Gentle," No. 83 ; 

 grandsire, "Johnnie," No. 34; dam, " Coulant de Lait"; 

 granddam " Gentle," No. 83, (A. H. B., No. 1231). 



" Gentle, 2d," bred by W. H. Crawford, Chester, N. H. ; dam 

 and sire same as " Daisy." 



