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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



DAIEY STOCK. 



ESSEX. 



Statement of Henry SdltonstaU. 



Jeesets. — I enter for premium in the class of "Thorough- 

 bred Jersey Cows, four years old and upwards," my imported 

 Jersey cows, "Diamond" and "Snowdrop," numbers 570 and 

 569 in the American Jersey Cattle Club Herd Register. 



"Diamond" was eight years old last July, and has been 

 owned by me since importation in 1866. She was bred by 

 John P. Marett, one of the best breeders in the Island of 

 Jersey, and was specially selected and imported for me. She 

 has always been an excellent milker and a good breeder, never 

 having dropped an ordinary calf. Her time of calving, Sep- 

 tember 24, 1874, has prevented the record of her milk being 

 kept as required by the Society, she being dry the last ten days 

 of August. Her previous calf was born August 5, 1873, and 

 the last ten days of that month she gave, on pasture feed alone, 

 eighteen quarts of milk a day. The first ten days of June, 

 1874, she gave on pasture feed alone four quarts of milk a day. 

 Seven quarts of her milk will make a pound of butter. 



"Snowdrop" will be six years old, October 17 next. She 

 was sired by a prize bull in the Island of Jersey. Her last 

 calf was dropped April 30, 1874, and she is due to calve 

 again April 30, 1875. Her milk-record is as follows, in 

 pounds : — 



