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Q,uiiicy, who had at the same time a large cow of English 

 blood, the progeny of a celebrated imported cow, and owned 

 by John Welles, of Dorchester, whose improved stock are held 

 in high estimation ; but as to their legitimacy in the Short- 

 Horn family, or the strict purity of their blood, I cannot speak 

 with confidence. On a trial of this Oakes Cow with this Eng- 

 lish Cow for a fortnight under the same food and treatment, the 

 English Cow produced 16 lbs., the Oakes Cow thirty-two lbs. 

 and a few ounces in that time. 



2. The Nourse cow, owned in North Salem, made 20 lbs. 

 of butter in one week, and averaged 14 lbs. butter per week for 

 four successive months. 



3. The Haverhill heifer, two to three years old, produced 

 14 lbs. of butter in a week after her calf was killed at six weeks 

 old, and more than 18 lbs. of butter in the ten days after her 

 calf was killed. 



4. Cow owned by John Barr, in Salem. 



1S22. In 274 days the weight of milk was . 7611 lbs. 



No. of quarts, beer measure, . . 296 



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1823. In 268 days, weight of milk was . 7517 



No. of quarts, beer measure, . . 2923 



The sales from this cow, including the calf at 5 dollars and 

 milk at 5 cents per quart, in 1822, was $153 25. In 1823, 

 $151 15. 



5. Cow. John Stone, Marblehead. From June to Octo- 

 ber this cow averaged 11 lbs. of butter per week. 



6. Cow. N. Pierce, Salem. 3,528 quarts milk per year ; 

 nearly 10 quarts per day. 



7. Jeremiah Stickney, Rowley. 19 quarts daily ; calf at 

 6 weeks old weighed 196 lbs. ; gain 2 3-7 lbs. per day. 



8. Cow. Isaac Osgood, Andover. 17 quarts of milk per 

 day ; made 50 lbs. of butter in the month of June. 



9. Cow. S. Noah, Danvers. In 148 days from 2d May, 

 gave 587J gallons milk ; more than four gallons per day for 

 that time. This cow calved on the 28th of April, and in the 

 148 days succeeding the 2d of May, she yielded C054| lbs. 

 of milk. 



