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tlic first ten days in June, 3,549 pounds of milk, which made 

 394^ pounds of cheese. The first ten days in September, they 

 gave 2,527 pounds of milk, which made 280 pounds of cheese, or 

 33.755 pounds each, daily, which made 674]^ pounds of cheese — 

 one pound of cheese to a fraction more than nine pounds of 

 milk. 



For the best lot of cows of not less than six in number, one 

 of which shall be exhibited, the committee award the society's 

 premium to William Robinson, Jr., of Barre. The six cows 

 gave, the first ten days in June, 1,991 pounds of milk, which 

 made 215| pounds of cheese. The first ten days in September 

 they yielded, in milk, 1,508 pounds, which made 170 pounds of 

 cheese. In both periods their yield of milk was 3,499 pounds, 

 or 29.16 pounds each, -daily; which made 385^ pounds of 

 cheese — one pound of cheese to a fraction more than nine 

 pounds of milk. 



Mr. Robinson deserves great credit for the management of 

 his dairy, and his example is worthy of imitation by others. 

 His cows gave large returns, yielding, on the second day of 

 June, 35.1 pounds of milk each, and each making 3.9 pounds of 

 cheese, which, at nine cents per pound, is thirty-five cents per 

 day. Add to this thirty-two pounds of whey — about the quan- 

 tity the milk would yield after extracting the curd — worth four 

 cents for feeding hogs, and we have thirty-nine cents, the daily 

 return of each cow. 



For the best cow, kept alone or with others,, the committee 

 award the society's premium to Daniel II. Rice, of Barre, for 

 his native red cow, eleven years old. The live weight of this 

 cow, the committee estimated to be eleven hundred pounds. 

 She gave, the first ten days in June, 371 pounds or 37.1 

 pounds of milk daily, from which was made nineteen pounds of 

 butter. The first ten days of September she gave 311 pounds, 

 or 31.1 pounds of milk, daily, which made sixteen pounds of 

 butter. During both periods, she yielded 682 pounds of milk, 

 which made thirty-five pounds of butter. Her average daily 

 flow of milk was 34.1 pounds. Iler daily make of butter was 

 1.75 pounds. She gave, daily, 3.1 per cent, of her live weight 

 in milk, and 5.13 per cent, of her milk was butter. This cow 

 is remarkable for holding out, she falling off in her milk, from 



