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kept on such feed are always healthy, come in and do well in 

 spring, and slinking calves is not common, and perhaps never 

 known where such is generously fed out. 



The Committee concludes by hoping that next year there 

 may be a much larger number of entries, with full statements, 

 according to the rules of the society. 



For the Committee, 



D. B. Flint, Chairman. 



Statement of J. C. Converse. 



Allow me to offer for your inspection and for the society's' 

 premium, the Jersey cow, " Lady Milton," No. 136. Her 

 product during the first week in June was milk, 120 quarts, 

 butter, 15 pounds ; first week in July, milk, 144 quarts, butter, 

 18 pounds ; first week in August, milk, 115 quarts, butter, 16 

 pounds ; first week in September, milk, lOT quarts, butter, 15 

 pounds. She has been kept in pasture in June and July, and 

 in August and September has received green fodder corn at 

 night in addition. 



Her aggregate yield in butter in July, on grass feed alone, 

 was 79 pounds. From the 1st of June to October 7, on green 

 feed without grain, was 293-|- pounds, or an average of ISj^q^q 

 pounds per week for eighteen and three-sevenths weeks. The 

 product of the above weeks is not an exception to the general 

 product. The quality of her milk and butter may be seen by a 

 sample on exhibition. I claim this to be an extraordinary yield, 

 considering age and feed, entitling her to notice and a high 

 premium. My custom in winter is to feed on good hay, steamed 

 roots and corn fodder, mixed with a small quantity of shorts. 



Arlington, October 1, 1867. 



Statement of James S. Munroe. 



I wish to offer for premium my Jersey cow " May-Day," twelve 

 years old, out of David Dana's cow " Kate," by Thomas Mot- 

 ley's bull " Colonel," both imported. She calved in April. 

 Her average yield of milk for June and July was twenty quarts 

 of milk per day. Her yield of butter for July and August was 

 fifteen pounds per week, made from sweet cream. She is free 

 from any faults either as regards disposition or milking qualities. 



