64 ON HEIFERS. 



The red heifer is from a half blood Ayrshire cow, by a short 

 horned Durham bull ; both of which I brought from Alexandria, 

 D. C. She was four years old in August. She had her first calf, 

 April 28th, 1848, and I sold the calf. May 25th, (27 days old, 

 weight 146 lbs.) for $5 84. 



Total, 2579 \l 



As I keep only these two cows, and use the milk for the usual 

 wants of two famihes, from them, I cannot give a statement of the 

 butter through the season ; but I had the milk kept separate for one 

 week in May, and the butter churned from it in that week, was as 

 follows : 



From the pied cow 1 lb. butter to 284 lbs. milk. 



From the red cow, 1 lb. butter to 31 lbs milk. 



Their keeping through the winter, was common meadow hay, and 

 herdsgrass and clover, in about equal quantities. During the sum- 

 mer, until about the first of August, they had nothing but pasture 

 feed, and not the best of that. For about four weeks from the first 

 of August, I fed them at night, on corn fodder planted for that pur- 

 pose, in addition to the pasture feed, then the pasture gave out en- 

 tirely, and I have kept them on top stalks ever since. 



AMMI SMITH. 



Hamilton, September 16th, 1848. 



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EBEN PUTNAM'S STATEMENT. 

 To the Committee on Heifers : 



Gentlemen, — I offer for your notice a heifer, which I selected 

 from a drove about the middle of November last. Her keeping 

 through the winter, until her calving, was common hay and corn 

 fodder. She calved February 25th. The first week I took from the 

 calf half of the milk, the second week a quarter, after that I let the 



