MILCH COWS. 303 



Statement of Jonas Viles. 



No. 1, has given twenty-one quarts per day, for a number of 

 days in succession ; she has been milked eleven months since 

 she had a calf, and gives at the present time, nine quarts per 

 day, and comes in again the first of January. Breed, half 

 Ayrshire and native ; she has had the second premium. 



No. 2, has given eighteen quarts per day, has been milked 

 ten and a half months, comes in again in January ; gives at the 

 present time, eight quarts per day; breed the same as No. 1. 



No. 3, four years old, has given sixteen quarts per day, for 

 two weeks ; has been milked six months since calving, and gives 

 at the present time, eleven quarts per day — calves again in 

 April ; breed, native. 



No. 4, four years old, has given fourteen quarts per day, for 

 a number of weeks in succession ; breed, Ayrshire. 



These other cows have given fifteen quarts per day; give a 

 good mess during the season. 



Lexington, October, 1853. 



Statement of A. G. Heywood. 



This certifies that this cow, which is four and a half years 

 old, gave twelve quarts per day, last winter, after her calf was 

 killed; she is three-fourths Devonshire breed. 



Concord, October 4, 1853. 



Statement of Asa G. Sheldon. 



One milch cow, seven years old. This cow may well be 

 called the long-lived native breed, her mother being twenty- 

 five years old when she brought this calf. She was raised in 

 the town of Union, in the State of Maine, and calved the 27th 

 day of last February. Her milk was mixed with other cows' 

 milk the first of the season, and she gave a good mess. We 

 then discovered her milk was of an excellent quality for butter. 

 The last week in August, her milk was set by itself and it pro- 

 duced eleven and one-quarter pounds of butter. The month 

 of September, her milk produced forty-three and a half pounds. 



