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of days in succession, and made 10 lbs. and 2 oz. of butter per 

 week. She calved in October, 1839, and from the 15th of that 

 month to April 13th, 1840, 180 days, she gave IG quarts per 

 day, which sold for $180. In January, 1840, she gave 565 

 quarts measured out, averaging over 18 quarts per day in the 

 coldest winter month, and three months after she calved. 

 Some days in that month she gave 20 | quarts per day. She 

 calved again in December, 1840, and from the 17th December, 

 1840, to July 14th, 1841, 212 days, she gave 3004 quarts 

 milk, being 14 1-6 quarts per day for 7 months, which was 

 sold for $168 67. Her milk is rich and makes delicious butter. 



" She is fed on three pecks of sugar-beets and carrots per day, 

 with good hay, and in the coldest weather a bucket of warm 

 water with a quart of shorts in it. Dolly is remarkable for 

 transmitting her milking qualities to her offspring. Three of 

 her calves have been raised here, and they are all great milk- 

 ers. One of them, called the Countess, gave last winter 14 

 quarts per day for some months after she calved, being 4 years 

 old. I have a heifer from her, 15 months old, and a bull 11 

 months old from Dolly, both sired by Wyecomet from Mr 

 Wells' stock. They are fine animals, and I expect to get a 

 good stock from them. 



" Dolly's colour is light red, with a few white spots. She 

 has the fine mellow skin, beautiful proportions, and majestic 

 mien peculiar to the noble race from whence she sprung."* 



11. Cow. D. N. Breed, Lynn, 1841. This cow is supposed 

 to be one fourth of the Durham blood. The subjoined is 

 given as her product. 



1839. April 15. I bought a cow 6 years old that month. 



15 days in April I took from the cow more than the calf 

 received, ___-_- 90 quarts milk. 



May 31, 31 days, average 14 quarts per day, 434 " 



June 30, 30 " 16 " '' 480 



July 31, 31 " 13 " " 403 



* Appendix, 1. 



