ON MILOH OOWS. 71 



From Aug. 1st to 31st, 31 days, 1012 pounds. 



From Sept 1st to 27th, 27 '* 912 " 



89 days. 3186 pounds. 



Averaging d5ll lbs. per day. 



The first week in July, we kept her milk separate for butter. She 

 gave 306 lbs. of milk, from which we made 15 lbs. of butter, being 

 an average of 201 lbs. of milk to one of butter. 



Her keeping, during the winter, was meadow hay, straw and 

 corn fodder ; in the spring, she had English hay, till the calf was 

 taken off. Since the first of July, she has had one quart of meal 

 per day, and common pasturing, till the severe drought, when she 

 was given hay. 



I send, as a sample, a box of seven lbs. of butter, made from her 

 milk. 



Last year, we weighed her milk for one week, at the first and last 

 of the season, and by averaging it, made it very nearly as much as 

 the present year. 



JOSEPH MARSH. 

 Danvers, September 27th, 1848. 



JOSEPH ALLEN'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Milch Cows : 



Gentlemen, — The cow owned by me, and presented for premi- 

 um, is eight years old. I have kept an account of her milk, and 

 from April 28th to Sept 28th, the present year, she had given 2405 

 quarts. 



JOHN ALLEN. 



Lynn, September 28th, 1848. 



ABNER NEWHALL'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Milch Cows : 

 Gentlemen, — The cow which I offer for premium is nine years 



