334 BRISTOL SOCIETY. 



May, three pounds of butter were made. Average of milk per 

 day, in June, was twenty quarts, the weight of the same, 56| lbs. 

 In ten days, in June, there were made from her milk, 32^^^ lbs. 

 of butter. Ten days, in September, there were made, 24^2^ lbs. 

 She was milked three times a day. Her daily feed, was four 

 quarts of shorts, four quarts of oats and corn meal, ground to- 

 gether, and grass. 



Taunton, October llth, 1849. 



Joluison Gardner^s Statement. 



I present for inspection, my cow " Experience," and two 

 two-year-old heifers, " Antenna" and " Chess-board." The 

 cow was raised by me, and is six years old. Her sire was the 

 celebrated Durham bull, imported by Charles Talbot, of New 

 York city. Her dam, a fine proportioned Galloway cow, (and 

 all my others, except one, are a cross of that breed, with the 

 Durham,) was an excellent milker. For a particular descrip- 

 tion of my stock, which I deem very superior, reference may 

 be had to the Boston Advocate, of October 7th, 1843, and Jan- 

 uary 6th, 1844, and also to the Massachusetts Ploughman, of 

 a later date. 



The quantity of milk which this cow has given, during the 

 months of June, July and August, has averaged about six- 

 teen quarts per day. Her milk produces excellent butter, but 

 I regret that the quantity is not known, as it has been manu- 

 factured with that of the other cows. She has had good pasture 

 with my other stock, but nothing additional, except for a few 

 days, during the driest part of the season, when all were soiled 

 with green corn sown for the purpose. She is perfectly kind 

 and quiet with regard to milking and fences, as her appearance 

 indicates. She is expected to have a calf by the pure Devon 

 bull, from the State society, on the 1st of April next. 



"Antenna," the heifer with horns — and why she has horns I 

 cannot tell — is one of her calves. The sire was a half-blood 

 Durham, for which, the society awarded a premium, in 1846. 

 " Chess-board," the heifer without horns, was sired by the same 



