278 

 Aug. 31, 31 days, average 12 quarts per day, 372 quarts milK. 



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3,503 quarts milk, 

 in 12 months ; cow calved April 10, 1840. 



12. Cows. Enoch Silsby, West Bradford, Mass. " The 

 Durham Short-Horns. I think highly of, for the improvement of 

 our country stock, and should prefer half and three quarters 

 blood, to full ; they come in as well at two as ours at three 

 years old, feed well on the same food as the natives, and look 

 better in the spring ; the pure blood were fair milkers and 

 would hold out till calving, if required ; I purchased at differ- 

 ent times, ninety-eight selected, country heifers ; would keep 

 none if they did not give 7 quarts at mght and five in the morn- 

 ing, on a flush of feed, at three years old. Many did it, but 

 would fall off, and by November, become dry or nearly so. Out 

 of the said ninety-eight, I kept but two who would give a good 

 mess of milk up to the time of parturition [if ivanted). From 

 these and their progeny, I have been most successful in rais- 

 ing, by putting the Durham Short-Horn bull to the cows. 

 The production has been a great improvement on the na- 

 tives both for milk and appearance, and I have not had a sin- 

 gle failure. I feed principally on English hay, occasionally 

 oat and barley straw, and roots, and bring them in at two years 

 old as well as the natives would come it at three. I have 

 never kept a particular account of the quantity and quality of 

 the milk, but I know they are superior to my neighbors' ; with 

 good feed, they will give from 16 to 21 or 22 quarts per day ; for 

 curd I cannot tell, as I do not make cheese." 



