28 



him. Ro.se 2d dropped her calf June 2d, therefore could not ac- 

 count for her milk the first ten days of June. The weight of 

 her milk for the last ten days of August is as follows : — 



Total. 



39 1-2 

 41 

 40 



40 1-2 



40 1-2 

 38 



39 1-2 

 39 

 39 J-2 



41 1-2 



399 

 Allowing 2.15 lbs as the standard weight of one quart of milk, 

 the yield would equal 185.12 quarts, averaging 18.5 quarts per 

 day. Her feed has been as much green corn fodder as she would 

 eat in the forenoon and turned out to pasture and water in the 

 afternoon, with two quarts of shorts and one quart of meal morn- 

 ing and evening. Her milk, by the Lactometer, shows eleven 

 and one-half per-cent cream. 



STATEMENTS OF WILLIAM A. RUSSELL 



"Lady Clifden" is six years old ; Dutch or Holstein ; imported ; 

 calved Jan. 28th, 1875 and is due to calve March loth, 1876. Fed 

 on three quarts meal and four quarts shorts with good hay. Af- 

 ter June 1st, pasture and two quarts meal. 

 Averages for February. 61 7-13 lbs per day, or 29 3-40 quarts. 



"Lady Clay" is seven years old ; Dutch or Holstein ; imported 



