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will calve again the lltli of February; -vrcnt dry seven weeks, 

 raised calf, and yielded, in tlie first ten days of June, 456 

 pounds of milk; first ten days of September, 3661 pounds of 

 milk. 



No. 2. " Red Rover," nine years old ; calved in March ; will 

 calve again the 25th of February ; went dry eight weeks, raised 

 the calf, and yielded, in the first ten days of June, 444 J pounds 

 of milk; first ten days of September, 369| pounds of milk. 



No. 3. " Ayrshire," six years old ; calved in April ; will calve 

 again March 5th ; went dry ten weeks, raised the calf, and 

 yielded, in the first ten days of June, 453]- pounds of milk ; first 

 ten days of September, 3351 pounds of milk. 



No. 4. " Young Spot," six years old ; calved in March ; will 

 calve again March 7th; went dry seven weeks, raised the calf, 

 and yielded, in the first ten days of June, 407;} pounds of milk; 

 fii'st ten days of September, 318 pounds of milk. 



No. 5. "Young Daisy," four years old; calved in April; 

 will calve again the first day of March ; went dry eight weeks, 

 raised the calf, and yielded, in the first ten days of June, 370 

 pounds of milk; first ten days of September, 2801 pounds of 

 milk. 



Statement of H. P. Reed. 



My dairy consists of five cows ; those exhibited were seven 

 and ten years old; the three others, three, six and nine years; 

 the red cow, (exhibited,) Devon and Holderness breed; the 

 starred cow, (exhibited,) Ayrshire, Holderness and native; the 

 others Ayrshire and Holderness ; the red cow calved May 2 2d, 

 the starred cow calved May 9th, calves both heifers, good ones 

 and being raised. The other cows calved 21st and 28 th of March, 

 and April 1st, calves all being raised. Red cow dried March 21st, 

 and the starred cow March 1st, and they will calve in April; 

 turned to pasture May 1st, and fed once a day since August 

 20th on corn fodder; 175 quarts of milk sold besides the milk 

 and cream used in the family of six persons ; 385 pounds of 

 butter made from the time of turning to pasture till September 

 13th; keep four swine. The calves were fed upon new milk 

 eight weeks, and upon skimmed milk three weeks longer. 



