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our native cows, particularly two which you recommended, 

 give a greater quantity of milk than any of our imported cows, 

 with a single exception." 



61. Cow. Page, Danvers. 13 lbs. butter in one week ; 

 30 lbs. in three successive weeks. 



62. Cow. B. Shurtleff, Chelsea. Supposed to be of the 

 Galloway breed, small cow, has given 21 quarts per day. 



63. Cow. Daniel Breed, Lynn. " She is six years old. 

 She gives now (Nov. 19,) on grass and 1| peck of roots, six 

 quarts of milk per day. She has not had any hay or meal this 

 fall, and all the hay consumed by her last winter, was 2900 

 lbs. without meal. She calved last April, and comes in again 

 March 12th. She gave in June an average of 45 lbs. of milk 

 per day, and has given 2490 quarts the last seven months. She 

 is milked until within a few days of her calving. What is re- 

 markable about the cow is her small size, and its requiring so 

 little food to produce so much milk." The above measures 

 are all ale and beer measure. 



64. Cows. " George Goodnow, of Southborough, in the 

 county of Worcester, keeps 10 cows upon his farm. He has 

 kept an accurate account of their produce for a number 

 of years. The amount of butter made from these 10 cows 

 in the season of J 839, was 2172 lbs. The amount sold 2028 

 lbs. The amount used in his family, 144 lbs. During the 

 month of .lune, the same season, the 10 cows averaged 9 lbs. 

 each per week on grass feed alone. He has a number of cows 

 that have made 10| lbs. per week, and one that he has made 

 11| lbs from. After the 1st of December he makes no butter, 

 but sells his milk during the winter, the account of which has 

 been mislaid. His calves suck till they are 7 weeks old, then 

 they are mostly slaughtered. The cows are dry from 2 to 3 

 months previously to calving. In the season of 1840, the but- 

 ter made from 10 cows was 1965 lbs. Amount sold, 1831 lbs. 

 Amount used in the family, 134 lbs. Mr. G. had not footed 

 the account for the present season, (1841,) but he said it would 

 not probably vary much from the two previous years. The 



