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lime of milking: for it must be evident to the most careless observer, 

 that the udder could not possibly contain one-half of the milk which 

 a good dairy cow will sometimes yield. The milk is also given in 

 greater or less quantities at the will of the animal. A cow will some- 

 times not yield a drop of milk to a stranger calf, while to her own she 

 "will pour it out in abundance. In this she is perhaps assisted by the 

 valves which are placed over the orifice of each teat, in order to pre- 

 vent the milk from running out. When the calf is sucking, he is 

 seen to push the teat upwards, he then lifts these valves : the dexter- 

 ous milk-maid is well acquainted with the method of accomplishing 

 the same object. 



NUMBER OF NEAT CATTLE IN EACH STATE, 



ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1840. 



1. Maine 327,255 



2. New Hampshire, 275,562 



3. Massachusetts, 282,574 



4. Rhode Island, 36,891 



5. Connecticut, 238,650 



G. Vermont, 384,341 



7. New York, 1,911,244 



8. New Jersey, 220,202 



9. Pennsylvania, 1,172,665 



10. Delaware, 53,883 



11. Maryland, 225,714 



12. Virginia, 1,024,148 



13. North Carolina, 617,371 



14. vSoulh Carolina, 572,608 



15. Georgia, 884,414 



16. Alabama, 668,018 



17. Mississippi, 623,197 



18. Louisiana, 381,248 



19. Tennessee 822,851 



20. Kentucky, 787,098 



21. Ohio, 1,217,874 



22. Indiana, 619,980 



23. Illinois, 626,274 



24. Missouri, 433,875 



25. Arkansas, 188,786 



26. Michigan, 185,190 



27. Florida, 118,081 



28. Wisconsin, 30,269 



29. Iowa, 38,049 



30. District of Columbia, 3,274 



Total, 14,971,586 



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