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In addition to pasturage, she was fed vdtli two quarts of shorts — 

 one of Indian meal and one of oil meal — each day. She calved the 

 5th of March. Now she gives but five or six quarts per day. On 

 several trials, her milk has produced a pound of butter from a frac- 

 tion under 5 1-2 quarts of milk. 

 West Roxhmj, 21th Sept., 1853. 



J. W. CLARK'S CERTIFICATE. 



Native Cow, six years old. Calved May 7, 1853. For the first 

 three weeks she averaged 18 quarts of milk per day. The first 

 week in June, we used 69 quarts of milk, 3 quarts of cream, and 

 made from the remainder 8 lbs. of butter. The second week, used 

 66 quarts of milk, 6 quarts of cream, and made 6 1-2 lbs. butter. 

 We measured the milk but once this month, (September,) she gave 

 15 quarts per day. Feed, 3 to 5 quarts shorts per day, and what 

 grass she wanted. 



The Committee, before closing their Report, will venture some 

 suggestions upon the general management of Milch Cows. 



The principal and most important points are these : The selection 

 of stock ; their general care and treatment ; a judicious and well 

 regulated method of feeding. 



In relation to the first of these, but little need be said by the 

 Committee, the selection being a matter depending mainly upon 

 the taste and judgment of those interested ; and of which there is 

 almost as great a difference as there are owners. But when it is 

 considered that the cost of keeping a good cow is but very little, if 

 any, more than that of a poor or ordinary one, it will be conceded 

 that this is a matter of great importance to the farmer. But with 

 ever so good a selection, the result, so far as profit is concerned, will 

 be anything but desirable, unless a faithful and methodical plan, in 

 regard to care and keeping, is most strictly adhered to. For it is 

 believed that a stock of cows, however good, may, by only a common 

 or ordinary mode of feeding and treatment, be reduced in their pro- 

 duct, so as to make but poor returns for what is expended upon them ; 

 while, on the other hand, a common or ordinary stock only, with 

 judicious care and feeding, may be made to increase largely in their 

 yield, and pay a remunerating profit to the farmer. 



