406 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



NORFOLK. 



Statement of John H. Robinson. 



Herewith I send a statement of the yield of milk from six 

 of my cows, from the year beginning September 20th, 1852, 

 ending September 20th, 1853. 



I have selected from my stock such as I intended to keep the 

 entire year ; not, however, so much with reference to their 

 milking properties at any given time within the year, as with 

 the view of ascertaining precisely the average yield per day, 

 through the year, of what may be considered good fair milkers. 



Two of them calved in September, 1852; two in December, 

 and two in January, 1853: so that it will be seen that four 

 of them have been in milk only for eight or nine months in the 

 year. 



The whole yield has been 16,653 gallons, making an average 

 for each cow per day, of seven quarts, one pint and one gill. 

 The greatest average of any one of the six has been nine 

 quarts and one pint per day; and the smallest average five 

 quarts and one pint; all measuied by the beer measure, 

 about the twentieth day of each month, and a memorandum 

 made by myself of the product of each cow, separately. The 

 milk was delivered for the Boston market at an average price 

 of fourteen cents per gallon, at the barn, which would amount 

 to $582.82, or $97.13 for each cow. 



The feed has been, in the winter, the best of English and 

 salt hay, (half of each) with half a bushel of brewer's grains 

 per day a part of the time, or instead of grains, half a peck of 

 corn and oil meal soaked in water, twelve hours before feeding. 

 In the summer and fall, no grain, but good pasturage, with a 

 plenty of green corn fodder. They have received no better 

 attention than the balance of my stock, all having been fed with 

 the same quantity and in the same way. 



My rule is, when feeding from the barn, to have them fed and 

 milked about the same time each day : say hay three times, 

 grain twice, and water three times, the last watering at eight 

 o'clock in the evening, which I consider very important. In 



