316 PLYMOUTH SOCIETY. 



Henry H. Whitman's Statement. 



The cow I offer for premium is of native breed, and was five 

 years old last spring. She has been kept this summer on grass, 

 and has not had any meal, for the very good reason, that she 

 would not eat any. She gave, in ten days in June, three hun- 

 dred and thirteen pounds of milk, which made fifteen pounds 

 of butter ; and in ten days in September, two hundred and 

 fifty-six pounds of milk, which made twelve pounds of butter. 



West Bridgewater, Sept. 28, 1849. 



John E. Howard's Statement. 



The cow which I offer for premium was nine years old last 

 spring. She is of my own raising, and is partly of North 

 Devon, and partly of native blood. Her calf, a fine one, al- 

 though not large, (the dam is not,) was sold to the butcher on 

 the 5th of June last, being then four weeks old. The cow 

 was kept through the winter and spring, upon such fodder as is 

 usually employed here for the support of stock, during those 

 periods ; namely hay, — mostly meadow, — oat straw, and corn- 

 fodder ; having had no roots, grain or extra feed whatever, the 

 past year, except as follows : — from the 29th May, to the 18th 

 June, two quarts corn and cob-meal per day, and from the 4th 

 to the 15th September, the same quantity of corn and cob- 

 meal per day, and green corn-stalks with the other cattle. 



In ten days, from the 6th to the 15th June, inclusive, she 

 gave thirty-one gallons of milk, from which were made eight- 

 een pounds of butter, being about one pound of butter to 

 seven quarts of milk. And from the 2d to the 14th Septem- 

 ber, she gave twenty-five gallons of milk, from which were 

 made twelve pounds and ten ounces of butter, being about one 

 pound of butter to eight quarts of milk. 



West Bridgewater, Sejjt. 21, 1849. 



