116 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Question. How did the quality of the butter compare ? 



Mr. Robeets. We have had the butter tested by a hun- 

 dred people; and, in almost every instance, they said the 

 Swiss butter was the best. 



Question. How much meal to a cow ? 



Mr. Robeets. When we were running them in February 

 and March, 1879, we fed six quarts of corn-meal a day to 

 each cow. I wanted to see what they would produce. 



Question. Will you state the amount of butter this 

 Swiss cow has made in a j^ear? 



Mr. Roberts. In the year 1878 she made four hundred 

 and ninety-three pounds; in the year 1879, up to the first 

 day of this month, five hundred and thirty-seven pounds. I 

 think she will make six hundred and twenty pounds this 

 year. We expect that she is the best cow in the United 

 States : that is the judgment of a good many men. 



Question. Do 3^011 milk her every day in the year ? 



Mr. Roberts. In the year 1878 she did not dry at all. 

 In the year 1879 she has been dry a hundred and eleven 

 milkings. 



Mr. Hyde. Of whose stock? 



Mr. Roberts. H. M. Clark, Belmont, Mass., imported 

 her. I bought her of Mr. D. G. Aldrich, Worcester. 



Dr. Wakefield. The gentleman has been very clear 

 and explicit in regard to the butter. Let me ask this ques- 

 tion, How much milk does it take to make a pound of but- 

 ter, compared with the Jersey ? 



Mr. Roberts. We have Jersey cows in our herd that 

 give richer milk than this Swiss cow. We have other Jer- 

 seys which do not give as rich milk as this Swiss cow gives. 

 We have Jersey cows, one in particular, that will make a 

 pound of butter from thirteen pounds of milk. We have 

 other Jerseys that it takes twenty pounds of milk to make a 

 pound of butter. Of the milk of this Swiss cow, it takes, on 

 the average, fourteen pounds and thirty-eight hundredths to 

 make a pound of butter. 



Question. What is her age ? 



Mr. Roberts. Seven years old the fifteenth day of last 

 March. 



Dr. Wakefield. Have you ever tested her powers in 

 making cheese after you had taken the butter out of the 

 milk? 



