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4. Memoranda of Milk given by imported Ayrshire coio Cora, 

 from November 17th to May list. 



From November 17th to December 1st, 

 December 1st to January 1st, 

 January 1st to February 1st, 

 February 1st to March 1st, 

 March 1st to April 1st, 

 April 1st to May 1st, . 

 May 1st to 21st, 



At 10 lbs. per gallon, 462 gallons. 



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The mode in which these cows are fed is as follows : " Our 

 Ayrshire cows, during the winter, have half a bushel of sugar 

 beets or potatoes ; with the former, about a pint of rye meal 

 mixed with the cut beets ; but when they have potatoes, the 

 meal is omitted. With the above, they have as much English 

 hay as they can eat. In the summer they have nothing but 

 what they get in the pasture. They are driven, morning and 

 night, from the pasture to the barn to be milked, and after that 

 operation are driven again to the pasture." 



In addition to these statements, I am favored with an ac- 

 count of the produce of an Ayrshire cow imported and owned 

 by George Randall, of New Bedford. His letter to me is as 

 follows, dated Sept. 9, 1841. 



" My thorough-bred full-blooded Ayrshire cow, Swinley, was 

 imported by me from Scotland in 1839. She was six years old 

 in May last. She calved on the 31st of last March. She was 

 milked regularly three days previous to dropping her calf; and 

 had drawn from her in the time from 45 to 50 quarts. Com- 

 menced setting her milk for butter on the first day of April. — 

 The calf was not allowed to touch a teat, was fed on new milk 

 for nine days, and after that on skimmed milk. In all April, 

 the quantity made from her was 43 lbs. 6 oz. The quantity in 

 May was 42 lbs. 4 oz. In this month her milk decreased. 



