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this imported cow, gave at 5 years old an average of 23|| 

 quarts of milk jicr day for a month. One day she gave 

 20|- quarts. She made 18|- lbs. of butter in 7 days and 

 2G^ lbs. in 10 days. Another Boston importation was of 

 the cow Agatha and bull Boston in 1830. Mr. Stevens 

 says of Agatha and Boston, — "They both were fine, 

 strong, healthy animals ; both of roan color, of good qual- 

 ity, and the cow a great milker. And again, all the near 

 descendants of Boston were excellent milkers, and some of 

 them, notably Lucille, extraordinary l)oth in quality of milk 

 and butter, and of the strain generally. They were both 

 a good feeding and milking family, and if the milk qual- 

 ity had been looked after they would to-day be great in the 

 production of it and butter." Confirmatory of these state- 

 ments about the dairy qualities of these cattle, is a note 

 to the pedigree of Lucille, granddaughter of imported 

 Agatha, Vol. 1, page 108, A. S. H. H. B., in which it 

 is stated that in June, 1842, she averaged for the whole 

 month 55 lbs. of milk per day. Her greatest yield in any 

 one day was 59^ lbs. She made during this month 14| lbs. 

 butter in one week. Li June, 1844, she gave during the first 

 week, on grass pasture alone, 337 lbs. of milk, which made 

 15 lbs. 3 oz. of butter. On page 737, Vol. 9, a great-great- 

 granddaughter in the female line, Laura 5th, is recorded, 

 with a note to her pedigree, that she "has milked thirty 

 quarts steadily when fresh in milk, and given an unusually 

 large yield until dried oft'." 



Col. Powell of Pennsylvania also imported some of the 

 best dairy short-horns ; and as some animals of his breeding 

 came to the Eastern States, some of his dairy records may 

 not be out of place. Mr. Warfield says, — " His imported 

 cow, Belina, on a special test before witnesses, gave between 

 Thursdaj^ morning, 24th of May, 1827, and Saturday even- 

 ing, the 2r)th, three days, milk which made 8 lbs. 13 oz. of 

 butter by the usual process. That is at the rate of 20^ lbs. 

 per week." And Belina was not a single example. "She 

 transmitted her qualities to her descendants, and they are 

 to-day almost invariably first-class milkers." If you turn to 

 Vol. 2, A. H. B., you will find, in foot notes of her grand- 

 daughter and great-granddaughter, Belina 3d and 4th, that 



