30 



of August. She gave last September, after calving, 'ii qts. 

 j)er day. 



"Jennie Gray," 477. Calved February 16, 1867. 7 years 

 old. (Sire, Duncan, 161 — Dam, Rosa, 186.) She dropped 

 her last calf August 31. 



I enter my Ayrshire cow, "Roxanna, 1816, A. II. B. 

 Calved April 10, 1870, thus 4 years old last April, and bred 

 by me, for the premium for the best Milch Cow of any breed, 

 with satisfectory evidence as to milk, manner of feeding, &c. 



"Roxanna" dropped a bull calf (her second calf) Decem- 

 ber 23, 1873. On the 24th I began to weigh her milk, and 

 since then have weighed it daily. 



RECORD OF MILK, 



6861 lbs. 



Taking 2.15 as the standard weight of 1 quart of milk, 

 6861 lbs.=3191.11 qts., or 12.71 qts. per day for 251 days. 

 During the first ten days in June she gave 257 1-2 lbs. of 

 milk. During the last ten days of August, 223 3-4 lbs. 

 Time of next calving, February 23d, 1875. 



During the winter she was fed good hay morning and after- 

 noon, (with a baiting of poor hay at noon,) 1 quart of meal 

 and 1 peck of mangolds per day. 



After turning out to grass the last of iNIay, she received 

 nothing in addition to the pasture until the last of August, 

 when some green fodder was given. Her weight is 830 lbs. 



