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water once a day, at near night ; feed them three times each day, 

 on husks and EngHsh hay, which constitutes their only food. 

 Princeton, Sept. 1850. 



Henry J. Reed's Statement. 



Number of cows, six, the two exhibited, five years old each, 

 two others four each, the remaining two, two years old. 

 Starred cow. Native ; Red, Holderness and Native ; raised in 

 Princeton. Starred cow dropped her calf May 24th ; Red, 

 April 26th ; turned to pasture May 20th, of average quality, 

 and furnished all their food until Sept. 1st ; since then, corn- 

 stalks once a day. They furnished milk and butter the first nine 

 days of June and September, as follows : 



June. 



Red Cow — 290 1-2 pounds milk — 14 1-4 pounds butter. 

 Starred " 306 " " 16 14-16 " " 



September. 



Red Cow — 190 4-16 pounds milk — 9 4-16 pounds butter. 

 Starred " 195 8-16 " " 11 12-16 " " 



Whole amount of butter to September 10th, 410 lbs., be- 

 sides furnishing milk for family of eight persons. Milk strained 

 into tin pans, stands from twenty-four to forty-eight hours ; 

 cream put into tin pans down cellar until churned in a dash 

 churn. Milk kept up stairs, except in extreme warm weather ; 

 calves were dropped March 29th, April 26th and 27th, May 10th 

 and 24th, and June 10, and remained by the cow from five to 

 sixteen days ; one sold for ^5, the others are raising. Keep 

 five swine, which are fed from dairy, and wash of the house. 

 Cows kept in the barn during winter, except when let out to 

 water, part of the time once and part of the time twice daily, 

 and fed on husks and hay. Red cow weighed 955 lbs., Starred 

 865. 



Princeton, Sept., 1850. 



