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than the average. The weather at the September trial was such, 

 that the milk would sour so quick in some instances as almost 

 to prevent the rising of cream at all ; this is evidenced in a 

 degree by the fact, that at the next churning on the 16th of 

 September, I made twenty-three pounds six ounces of butter, 

 the produce of six days' milk. In that rate, the yield for the 

 nine first days of September should have been thirty-five 

 pounds eleven ounces, instead of thirty pounds, eight and one- 

 half ounces, a difference of five pounds three ounces. 

 Worcester, Sept. 17, 1850. 



John N. Whitney''s Statement. 



Number of cows 7, five and six years old, Alderney and 

 Native, Holderness and Native, Cream Pot and Native, and Na- 

 tive, raised in the county ; dropped their calves between March 

 20, and April 12th ; turned to pasture May 10th ; pasture, av- 

 erage quality, which furnished all their food. In the first nine 

 days of .Tune and September, my blue and red cows gave — 



June. 



Blue Cow — 336 1-4 pounds milk — 15 1-2 pounds butter. 

 Red " 354 3-4 " " 17 " 



September. 



Blue Cow — 198 3-4 pounds milk — 10 pounds butter. 

 Red " 214 1-2 " '' 12 " " 



Whole amount of butter made from May 10th, to September 

 10th, 660 lbs.; cheese 201 1-2 lbs. two meal, and 259 lbs. four 

 meal, beside furnishing milk for family of six persons. Milk 

 is kept in tin pans up stairs, until first week in June, and then 

 removed to the cellar, stands from thirty-six to forty-eight 

 hours, cream taken off", placed in the cellar in tin pans until 

 churned. Amount received for calves, $37 39. Weight of 

 blue cow, 850 lbs., red, 1045. 



Swine, seven, their only food refuse of dairy and wash of 

 house. Cows all kept in the barn during winter, turned out to 



