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nine hundred and thirty-two quarts ; the quality of the milk is 

 esteemed first rate for family use. We have not used it for 

 butter, selling to better advantage for four cents a quart in 

 summer, and five cents in winter, I have given about six quarts 

 of shorts daily, besides common pasture feed in summer, and 

 good hay in winter. 



Lawrence, September 28, 1853. 



Statement of James Poor. 



I ofifer for premium, my cow " Fountain," a native, nine years 

 old. She had her first calf at three years old, has had one 

 every year since, and has never dried for these six past years. 

 She calved June 26th, 1852; again May 20th, 1853. She had 

 seven days' sickness that month, in which I kept no account of 

 her milk. I began to weigh her milk the 1st of last October; 

 weighed up to the night of the 27th September, 1853. She 

 has given 8,304 pounds of milk in that period. She has made 

 310 pounds 14 ounces of butter, up to the 26th of this month, 

 from which, 338 quarts have been taken, which have not been 

 set. 



1852, October, butter, 

 November, " 

 December, " 



1853, January, " 

 February, " 

 March, " 

 April, " 

 May, 



June, " 

 July, 



August, " 



September, " 



Her keeping, last winter, was clover and run hay, with three 

 quarts shorts per day. In summer, common pasturing, except 

 in July, when it was very dry, I fed her on hay night and 

 morning. 



A sample of her butter may be seen in the hall. 



North Andover, September 28, 1853. 



