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I have seen a heifer at four years old, killed 

 in Philadelphia, weigh eighty stone. — 

 There was an ox shewn at Baltimore, as a 

 sight, that stood seventeen hands high and 

 upwards, supposed to weigh one hundred 

 and twenty stone. These two animals 

 were bred in the Jerseys. 



I saw six calves, killed in Philadelphia, 

 that weighed, on the average, sixty pounds 

 per quarter, and cost the butcher one hun- 

 dred and ninety dollars from the breeder. 

 Some of the hind-quarters weighed seven- 

 ty-two pounds. These six calves had 

 sucked twenty-three cows, and eaten as 

 much Indian corn and timothy hay as they 

 chose to take. The winter-fed cattle are all 

 fed on Indian corn and blades, or hay. 

 The calves were reared by two Englishmen, 

 brothers, from Essex. 



A good cow, properly fed, will give six- 

 teen quarts of milk in twenty-four hours : 

 but that is not common. For want of care 

 in feeding and milking, they frequently 

 give only one quart in twenty-four hours. 

 It is not uncommon for a cow to go un- 



