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feed, with the exception of roots, and that she is a small con- 

 sumer, substantiating the fact often stated that an animal con- 

 sumes in proportion to their offal, not weig-ht. Or will they fail 

 to see the effect of judicious breeding for milk when they see 

 Lady Sale, 5th, a cow which has given over seventeen quarts of 

 milk per day in March, 1862, from which was made one pound 

 of butter from eig-ht quarts of milk ; or the heifer Lady Lathrop, 

 three years old, having calved last October, and given milk 

 through the winter, and then giving twelve quarts of milk per 

 diem in the month oi June, and that of a quality nearly equal 

 to her dam, Lady Sale, 5th ? 



In further proof of the transmission of blood we could men- 

 tion Highland Maid, a two year old heifer, out of Lady Sale, 

 5th, she having calved in last March, has given twelve quarts 

 per day on an average during the month of June, and of a 

 quality which gives credit to a heifer of her age. Also Florence, 

 two years old, having calved last March, has given as much as 

 the last-named heifer and of good quality. 



Likewise the higli grade cows, many of which are the produce 

 of thoroughbred sires, presented by Abel F. Adams, Joel Page 

 and Mr. Yose, of Winchendon, two of which belonging to the 

 latter-named gentleman, not only being " the best of milkers," 

 but having two pair of steers, their calves, the one two years 

 old, the other six months, all of which were easily distinguished 

 by their resemblance to their dames, add but another proof 

 that " like begets like" in a high-bred animal. Will any one 

 answer by saying this is the effect of judicious breeding, and 

 that our " natives " can be bred up to equal perfection ? Let 

 us answer by saying, it is the effect of great care on the part 

 of eminent breeders in the old country, continued through a 

 series of pears sufficient to weed out the undesirable points and 

 firmly establish the desirable qualities, and who will attempt to 

 rear a race of thoroughbreds here in New England, when at a 

 comparatively small sum animals can be procured of any of the 

 acknowledged breeds which contain the same qualities you 

 would strive to obtain ? 



It is true that thoroughbred animals are as yet so scarce that 



all cannot avail themselves of thoroughbred cows, but all, or 



nearly all, can use pure-bred bulls, and no man can afford to 



patronize a native, so called, when he intends to rear his calves,. 



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