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ported by Thomas Motley, Esq. Sylph was a 3-4 Ayrshire. 

 Sibyl calved June 4, 1874, and is due to calve again May 11, 

 1875. Her milk record for this year is as follows, in pounds ; 



Her feed in June was grass alone. In August and Sep- 

 tember, the pasture being dry, she had 1 quart of corn meal 

 and 1 quart of shorts twice a day. 



The above record shows an average yield of 38 pounds, or 

 nearly 18 quarts of milk a day for 3 months. It has always 

 been very difficult to dry this cow for a few days at a time 

 each year, and some years she could not be dried at all. Un- 

 til after she was 12 years old she could not be fed with any 

 '>-rain — the increased pressure of milk bringing on inflamma- 

 tion of the bag in a few days. 



In the year 1868, being then years old, she calved April 

 7. Her milk was regularly weighed from that date to April 

 7, 1869. The result was a total yield of 13,065 pounds, or 

 more than 6 1-2 tons, or about 17 1-2 times her own weight 



