DAIRY STOCK. 



87 



Lilac Douglas dropped a bull calf March 16, 1875 ; a bull 

 calf April 24, 1876. 



Alice Brand dropped a cow calf December, 1874 ; a cow 

 calf Dec. 12, 1875. 



Primula dropped a cow calf Jan. 29, 1876. 



Jenny Burke dropped a cow calf Nov. 6, 1875 ; a bull calf 

 September, 1876. 



RECORD SINCE DROPPING LAST CALF, TO SEPT 1, 1877. 



Number Days 

 in MUk. 



Number lbs. 



Average per 

 Day. 



Lillie Douglas dropped c. c. July4, 1877 

 Lilac Douglas dropped c. c. Apr. 17, '77 

 Alice Brand dropped c. c. Nov. 22, 1876 

 Primula dropped c. c. May 25, 1877 . 

 Jenny Biu'ke dropped c. c. Aug. 2i, '77 



55 

 126 

 272 



97 



7 



1,307 

 3,760 

 6,384 

 2,522 

 214 



23.76 



29.84 



23.47 



26 



30.57 



[Statement of Manner of Keeping, &c.] 



Summer Treatment. — From about the middle of May to 

 Nov. 1, milking begins at a quarter before five, A.M., and 

 half-past six, p.m. The food during that time is pasturing, 

 with a feed of fodder (corn or grass) during the months of 

 August, September, and October. 



Winter Treatment. — From Nov. 1 to about the middle of 

 May, milking begins at five, A.M., and five, p.m. After milk- 

 ing in morning, each cow is given one feed of good hay; 

 after that is eaten, ten quarts of cut mangels and turnips, 

 or mangels alone. They are then carded, cleaned, and bed- 

 ded. At eleven, a.m., watering begins. At noon each cow 

 receives a foddering of corn-fodder or poor hay; at four, 

 P.M., a foddering of good hay and two quarts of corn-meal 

 (the corn is generally ground with the cob). After the 

 evening milking the cows are bedded, and then left for the 

 night. The committee will observe that my feed is not 

 excessive, but, on the other hand, very moderate. My cows 

 could be forced into giving much more milk than is shown 

 in the record. The dry cows do not receive any grain. The 

 amount of hay fed per day is from twenty-five to thirty 

 pounds. 



