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FARMERS' REOISTfiR-^STOCK POR THE DAIRY. 



them in a given time; and how at such times they 

 have been managed and fed: and as, in such a case 

 as this, the public advantage ought to be our only 

 object, and the truth muet in the end be equally im- 

 portant to all, we respectfully aek gentlemenj who 

 possess these fine animalS) to make these exper- 

 iments and examinations and fully report them; 

 that.if it should appear they are as valuable for 

 dairy purposes as has been represented, the agri- 

 cultural public may know what a blessing is with- 

 in their reach; but if it should be found that they are 

 not so productive as animals which hare long been 

 possessed among us, we may be induced to further, 

 by more judicious selection, and more faithl'ul and 

 liberal keeping, the improvement of our own native 

 stock. 



The only decisive experiment, which has come 

 within my knowledge, is that of a . cow, called 

 Belina, owned by John H. Powell, Esq., Phila- 

 delphia, from whose milk, in three days in May, 

 1827, eight pounds thirteen ounces of butter were 

 obtained, which would be equal to twenty and 

 one-half pounds per week. This is an extraordi- 

 nary yield, but it will be perceived that it was a 

 "very short trial, and that it was only an individual 

 example. It were greatly to be wished that this 

 public spirited gentleman had given the public 

 liirther results of the same cow, and likewise the 

 results of similar experiments with others of his 

 noble animals. My own experience with this 

 stock has been singularly unforluate. I have 

 had seven of them, some full blooded and others 

 half blooded, from Ctelebs, Admiral, and Denton; 

 and, for the quantity and quality of their milk, 

 they have been very inferior, 1 had almost said 

 worthless, even under every advantage of keep- 

 ing and attention. I by no means, however, 

 consider my own experience as conclusive; as I 

 know some who have been more fortunate, and I 

 am myself determined upon tiirther trials. 



In the absence of this desirable information re- 

 specting the produce of the improved Durham 

 short horns, I shall undertake to give some exam- 

 ples of the produce of our native stock, which are 

 well vouched, and many of which have come un- 

 der my own observation. They may serve at least 

 as matter of entertainment, if not of useful instruc- 

 tion. 



1. A cow owned by C. Oakes, Danvere, Mass., 



1816. 

 In 1813, made 180 lbs. butter. 



1814, " 300 " " 



1815, « over 400 '« " 



1816, « 484-1: « " 

 In one week this cow produced 19^ lbs. but- 

 ter, and averaged sixteen pounds per week 

 for more than three months. 



2. A cow owned by Nourse, Salem, Mass., 



1824, and afterwards by Col. Pickering. 

 This cow made upwards of twenty pounds 

 one week, and averaged over fourteen 

 pounds per week for four months. 



3. Cow Wheeler, Framingham, Mas., 1821. 



Eleven pounds butter in one week. 13 beer 



quarls at one milking. 



4. Cow — N.Sanderson, Walthem, Mass., 1828. 

 Thirteen and one-half pounds butter per 



week through the season, on an average. 

 6. Cow— John Barre, Salem, Mass., 1823. 



Average yield for two hundred and sixty eight 

 days, 105 beer quarte per day. 



6. Cow-- John Stone, Marblehead, Mass., 1823. 

 From June to October, averaged eleven 



pounds of butter per week. 



7. Cow— Luke Fiske, Waltham, Maes., 1824. 

 Made 12 pounds butter per week. 



8. Cow— Geo. H. Hardy, Waltham, Mass., 



1826. 

 Average, for four months, eleven pounds and 

 three quarters per week. 



9. Cow-Rer. Jno. White, Dedham, Mass., 1826. 

 Gave 12 pounds butter six weeks in succes- 

 sion — one week 12 lbs. 13 oz. — 3 months 

 averaged 10^ lbs. per week — gave 18 qts. 

 milk per day at times. 



10. Co\f— N. Pierce, Salem, Mass., 1826. 

 3,.528j (jts. milk per year — nearly 10 qts, per 



day. 



11. Cow — Jas. Robbins, Watertown, Mass., 



1827. 

 May and June, from 10 to 13 lbs. butter per 

 week. 



12. Cow — Ralph Haskins, Dorchester, Mass., 



1827. 



18 qts. per day — average 14 to 15 qts. Before 

 grass lijed in April, the cream of two days- 

 made 2f lbs. butter, and was made fiotn 

 2 1-16 qts. of cream. Two or three mi- 

 nutes in churning. 



13. Two cows — Rev. John Phenix, Chicopee, 



Mass., 1828. 

 For several weeks averaged 20 lbs. per week, 

 beside what milk and cream were used h% 

 the family. 



14. Cow— E. Harris, Moorstown, N. J., 1829.- 

 32 qts; per day — supposed wine qts. — feed, 



good pasturage. 



15. Cow — Jeremiah Stickney, Rowley, Mass... 



1829. 



19 qts. daily — calf, at six weeks old, 196 lbs. 

 gain 2 3-7 Iba. per day. 



16. Cow— W. Chase, Somerset, R. I., 1831. 

 Most of the season 20 qts. of milk daily — 



averaged nearly 14 lbs. of butter per week 

 during the eetison — 120 lbs. made in ten 

 weeks. 



17. Cow — -Israel Graves, Northampton, Mass., 



1830. 

 Four years old — one week, 13 lbs. 9 oz» 

 butter. 



18. Cow — Isaac Osgood, Andover, Mass., 1831. 

 17 quarts milk per day — 50 lbs. butter in the 



month of June. 



19. Cow— L. Hosmer, Bedford, Mass., 1830. 

 14 lbs. of butter per week. 



20. Heifer — 2-3 years old — L. Hasscltine, Haver- 



hill, Mass. 

 14 lbs. of butter one week — 182 lbs. in 10^ 

 days. 



21. Cow— Saml. Noah, Danvers, Mass., 1831. 

 In 148 days from 2d May, gave 587^ gallons. 



milk — more than four gallons per day beer 

 raea.sure. 



22. Cow — Timothy Flanders, Haverhill, Mass., 



1832. 

 From 20th April to 22nd September, besides 

 46^ gallons milk for family use, made 163 

 lbs. 4 oz. butter. 

 1 23. Four cows — Jesse Putnam, Danvers, Mass., 

 r 1830. 



Averaged more than 200 lbs. butter each, in 

 the season — highly fed. 



