100 



MIDDLESEX SOCIETY. 



New Bedford, by John Avery Parker. They are about nine 

 years old. They have been kept through the summer entirely 

 on grass. Through the winter and spring, they had a little meal. 

 One calved in February and the other in March. They have 

 averaged through the summer, while the feed was good, twen- 

 ty-five quarts each, daily, and since the feed failed, their yield 

 has diminished gradually to about seventeen quarts each at the 

 present time. I have sold the milk, so that I do not know the 

 amount of butter they would make. 



Concord, October 5, 1847. 



Abel Hosmer's Statement. 



The cow I offer for premium, calved April 4th, 1847. The 

 following is the average daily quantity of milk given, after she 

 had calved, viz : — 



The first week in May, 

 " " June, 



" " July, 



" " August, . 



" u September, 



The first five days in October. 



Concord, October, 1847. 



12| quarts. 



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14 

 13i 



Jonas Viles' Statement. 



The cow I offer for premium calved on the first day of Au- 

 gust last, and is four years old. She has given, since that time, 

 from 16 to 18 quarts of milk per day, varying according to her 

 feed. I have kept twelve cows, and she has shared the same 

 as the rest, with the exception of one quart of meal per day. 



Waltham, October, 1847. 



