ON HEIFERS. 63 



DAVID S. CALDWELL'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Heifers : 



Gentlemen, — I offer for prpmlum a two yecir old heifer, of half 

 native and half Durham breed. She calved June 19. ller calf 

 was large, and at first I took about five quarts of milk per day from 

 it, gradually allowing it more, till it was three weeks old ; at that 

 time the calf was fat, for a calf of the age. I then allowed it to 

 take as much milk as it would, and it soon sickened, which was prob- 

 ably owing to the richness of the milk. It was sick more than a 

 week, and at five weeks old I sold it to the butcher, and it weighed 

 18 lbs. per quarter. At that time she gave ten quarts of milk per 

 day. The 11th inst. she gave 7 quarts per day, and we made six 

 lbs. of butter from her in one week. Her keeping has been such as 

 young cattle usually receive in the vicinity of the marshes ; salt 

 hay, corn fodder, and straw, in winter, and common pasture in sum- 

 mer ; she has been yarded nights, the two past summers. Her flesh 

 will indicate her keeping. She has had green corn stalks for four 

 weeks past. 



D. S. CALDWELL. 



Byfield, Sept. 28, 1848. 



AMMf SMITH'S STATEMENT. 

 To the Committee on Heifers : 



I offer for premium, two heifers, raised by myself, a pied heifer, 

 and a red one. The pied heifer is of the native breed, three years 

 old, in March last. She had her first calf, February 2d, 1848, and 

 I sold the calf Feb. 26th, (24 days old,) for five dollars. 



The amount ofher milk from March 1st to 31st, was 



" April 1st to 30th, 



" May 1st to 31st, 



" June 1st to 30th, 



« July 1st to 31st, 



" Aug. 1st to 31st, 



" Sept. 1st to 15th, 



Total, 4280 



