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of the above, one quart of milk produced two and a quarter 

 ounces of butter, but her yield was not stated. 



At Welbeck, at the Duke of Portland s, an Alderney cow, giv 

 ing three and a half gallons of milk per day, produced fourteen 

 pounds of butter per week. An improved short horn, yielding six 

 gallons per day, produced twelve and a quarter pounds of butter, 

 in the same time. 



In a comparative trial between the milk of the Alderney and 

 Kerry cows, detailed in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society, vol. ii. p. 420, the result was as follows, as tested by a 

 lactometer. 



Portions of cream, 100 ; May, Alderney, 25 ; Kerry, 10. 



&quot; &quot; &quot; &quot; June, &quot; 20; &quot; 10. 



&quot; &quot; &quot; &quot; July, &quot; 23; &quot; 10. 



&quot; &quot; &quot; &quot; August, &quot; 16; &quot; 13. 

 3 pints of Alderney cream gave 1 Ib. SJ oz. avoirdupois. 

 it a a Kerry &quot; &quot; 1 &quot; 4J &quot; &quot; 



The farmer attributes &quot; the falling off of the Alderney in cream 

 to their being old in milk, and having cast their calves. The 

 Kerrys came into pasture fresh in milk after their first calf.&quot; 



At a trial of the qualities of milk, on a farm near Liverpool, 

 which I visited, the milk of the several breeds was, in point of 

 richness in cream, as follows : 



Yorkshire and common cows, as 8 per cent. 

 Ayrshire, &quot; &quot; &quot; &quot; 15 &quot; &quot; 



Alderney, &quot; &quot; 23J &quot; &quot; 



There is obviously much uncertainty in these trials, from the dif 

 ferent conditions, in various respects, in which the cows might 

 have been, and other circumstances. 



The average yield of new milk cheese to a cow, in the dif 

 ferent counties, is given with great uncertainty. The tenant 

 farmers are, in general, disposed to conceal the favorable results 

 of their husbandry, from the effect it may have upon their rents.* 



* The precision which one often finds in the information given by interested 

 parties, may be illustrated by a dialogue with a tenant dairy farmer, in the pres 

 ence of his landlord, to which I myself was a party. 



Inquirer. &quot; Will you have the goodness to tell me the average yield in new 

 milk cheese, by the year, of a good cow ? &quot; 



