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" The above is exclusive of 25 lbs, made while fattening 

 three calves." He adds " my method of keeping has been 

 grass only, from spring to fall. In the fall I begin with pump- 

 kins and potatoes, and feed moderately during the time she 

 gives milk. An account has been kept for only three years; 

 but it would not vary much from the above, for the twelve 

 seasons I have had her, except the present season she has been 

 farrow." This cow is now eighteen years old, " and will 

 calve again about the middle of February." 



26. Two cows owned in Pittsiield, produced each 50 lbs. 

 of milk per day ; and one other 32 lbs. at a milkmg. 



27. A cow owned by Thomas Hodges, in North Adams, 

 produced last year 425 lbs. of butter ; 4U0 lbs. of this amount 

 were made in nine months. Her feed consisted of one quart 

 of rye meal, and half a peck of potatoes per day; and very 

 good pasturing. 



2S. A cow is owned by Joseph F. Upton, of Ashfield, 

 Franklin Co. From the first of April, 1837, to the middle of 

 February, 1838, her product was 335 lbs. 15 oz. From the 

 9th of May, 1838, to the 28th December, 1838, she had pro- 

 duced 303 lbs. 3 oz. of butter, and was still making at the 

 rate of one lb. per day. 



The owner adds, " In the year 1837, I killed my calf at 

 three days old, and gave my cow the skimmed milk through 

 the summer. 1 commenced the first of October to feed on po- 

 tatoes. I gave her about one peck per day boiled, as long as 

 she gave milk. In the year 1838, I fattened my calf and 

 killed it at four weeks old. It weighed 75 lbs. She has 

 had nothing but grass this year, until the first of October ; 

 since then I have fed her with one peck of boiled potatoes per 

 day. My cow is seven years old last spring." Her winter 

 keep at present, while giving milk, is as much hay as she will 

 eat, and one peck of boiled potatoes per day. 



29. Cow. N. Sanderson, Waltham, Mass., 1828. Thirteen 

 and one half lbs. butter per week through the season, on an 

 average. 



