DAIRY STOCK. 



95 



"Dolly," 342. Calved April 13, 1864. Ten years old. 

 (Sire, Harold, 149 — Dam, Jean Armour, 91.) She dropped 

 her last calf July 31. Began to weigh her milk August 5, 

 and in 27 days up to September 1, she gave 934^ pounds of 

 milk, on pasture, and a little green fodder at night the last 

 of August. She gave last September, after calving, 22 quarts 

 per day. 



"Jennie Gray," 477. Calved February 16, 1867. Seven 

 ye-drs old. (Sire, Duncan, 161 — Dam, Eosa, 186.) She 

 dropped her calf August 31. 



I enter my Ayrshire cow, "Roxanna," 1816, A. H. B. 

 Calved April 10, 1870, thus four years old last April, and bred 

 by me, for the premium for the best milch cow of any breed, 

 with satisfactory evidence as to milk, manner of feeding, etc. 



"Roxanna" dropped a bull-calf (her second calf), December 

 23, 1873. On the 24th I began to weigh her milk, and since 

 then have weighed it daily. 



RECORD OF MILK. 



During the remainder of December, . 



" January, 1874, 



" February, " 



" March, " . 



" April, "... 



" May, "... 



" June, "... 



" July, " ' . 



" August, " 



259| lbs. 

 1,0471 

 8531 

 891 

 768| 

 765 

 787f 

 7891 

 6981 



6,861 lbs. 



Taking 2.15 as the standard weight of one quart of milk, 

 6,861 pounds =3, 19 1.11 quarts, or 12.71 quarts per day for 

 251 days. During the first ten days in June she gave 257| 

 pounds of milk. During the last ten days of August, 223 1 

 pounds. Time of next calving, February 23, 1875. 



During the winter she was fed good hay morning and after- 

 noon (with a baiting of poor hay at noon), one quart of meal 

 and one peck of mangolds per day. 



After turning out to grass the last of May, she received 

 nothing in addition to the pasture until the last of August, 



