Report of Pennsylvania Commission. 



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A'o.7.—Florentia, (3318.)— Age, 4 years. 

 .Jersej\ Calved January 1, 1878. 

 Greatest yield, 10 quarts. Yield May 20, 



10 quarts. 

 Butter never \)een tested. 

 Milks to one month of ca'.ving. 

 No. 5.— Paunacu.ssixg, (5050.)— Age, 2 

 years. Jersey. Calved October 30, 1877. 

 Yield, May 21, 1878, 8 quarts. 



Duration yet to bo ascertained. 

 No, 9. — Lady Dkiaware, (5051.) — Age, 

 2 years. Tliorougli-bred Jersey. Calved 

 January 3, 1878. 

 Yield May 21, 1878, 6 quarts. 



Duration yet to be ascertained. 



No. 7.— Fi.ORENTiA. — Jersey thorough- 

 bred. Curve/ ine, 2d. 

 Quantity, 12 quarts. 



Quality, second rate. 

 Dry one month. 

 No. 8. — Paunacussing. — Jersey thor- 

 ough-bred. Selvage, 2d. 

 Quantity, 12 quarts. 

 Quality j^ niediiun. 

 Dry two months, probably. 

 No. 9. — Lady Delaware.— Jei-soy thor- 

 ough-bred. Flanders, 3d. 



Quantity, only milks out of two teats. 



Quality, medium. 



Dry three months, probably. 



Examination of Moses Eastburn's Cow, Beauty. 



Account of Moses Eastburn. 



Cow, Beauty.— Age, 9 years. Calved 

 March 20, 1878. 



Greatest yield of milk per dav about 17 

 or 18 quarts. Yield May 24, 1878, 16 

 quarts. Duration of yield of mUk, ten 

 months. 



Quality of milk, 9 quarts to make a pound 

 of butter. Butter made in eight and 

 a half months, 302^ pounds. 



Opinions of the Commission. 

 Beauty. — Jersey. Curveline, 2d. 



Quantity, 18 quarts. 



Quality, first class. 

 Time, well up to her time. 



" This is to certify that I was present at the examination of my cow. Beauty, this first 

 of sixth month, 1878, by the committee to test the Guenou system, and find their re- 

 port to correspond with the within statement. 



MosBS Eastbukn." 

 SoLEBUBY, Bucks county. 



Examination of Colonel James Young's Herd, at Middletown. 



The Commission visited the large farms of Colonel James Young, near 

 Middletown, and examined thirty-seven head of cows and heifers, among 

 ■which were some of the finest Jersey cows in the State. His whole stock 

 is well-fed and cared for, and are in fine condition. He supplies Middle- 

 town with the best of milk. Colonel Young does not keep a record of 

 the performances of his cows, and the commision were therefore obliged 

 to examine the cows, and after making their record, to compare it, item 

 by item of each cow separately, with the knowledge of them had by his 

 very intelligent dairy-woman, who has charge of the cows and the milk, 

 and knows their characters as milk and butter producers well ; also has a 

 record of the times of calving of all the cows. The estimates of the com- 

 mission agreed with hers, on all the hundred and eleven points, except 

 nine points, and where they difiered, that difierence was in two ca'ses on 

 the quality, and in the other cases on the time. The commission attribute 

 their unanimity on this herd, to the careful selection and breeding 

 of Colonel Young, to his good feeding, and the excellent care that the ani- 

 mals have. These points constantly looked after, maintain the excellence 

 of the herd, and as a consequence the escutcheons correspond, for, as the 

 colonel says, '' he never saw a good escutcheon without being on a good 

 animal, and never saw a good animal without a good escutcheon." 



Middletown, November 1, 1878. 



" We were present when the commission visited our farms, and examined the stook, 

 and we think they judged rightly of it, in nearly every case — we should say within 

 five per cent, of being entirely correct. 



Wo have examined the account to be printed with the original record, and find it to 

 be correct and corresponding, 



James Young, 

 James S. Young."' 



