72 ON MILCH COWS. 



old, (or, possibly ten.) She calved on the 16th of April last. The 

 calf was taken from her on the 24th of the same month. Her time 

 for another calf is the 19th day of February next. She has given 

 milk, as follows: 



From April 25th to the present time, I have kept an account of 

 her milk, by weighing, night and morning. Below is the result : 

 From April 25th to 30th, 268 pounds. 



From May 1st to 31st, 12811" " 



From June 1st to 30th, 1308^ " 



From July 1st to 31st, 1217,' 



From August 1st to 31st, 1156 ' 



From September 1st to 26th, 890, 



61221 pounds. 



Making 2448 fo quarts, 15 loo quarts per day. 



Her keeping has been good hay up to the 12th of May, since 

 which it has been grass, (and a part of the time the feed was short,) 

 with the addition of wheat bran half of the time. 



ABNER NEWHALL. 



Lynn, September 27th, 1848. 



G. F. LORD'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Milch Cows : 



Gentlemen, — I offer for premium my cow, ten years old. She 

 has given the following quantity of milk, from November 27 th, 1847, 

 to September 28th, 1848, viz. : 5662 lbs., or 2384 quarts, reckon- 

 ing at 2 lbs. 6 ounces per quart. 



Amount of milk sold, 2000 quarts, at 5 cents per quart, |100. 

 Her feed during winter was clover hay, of an inferior quality, and 1 

 peck of carrots per day. In summer, pasture feed. She will calve 

 previous to the middle of November. 



G. F. LORD. 



Beverly, September 28, 1848. 



[The statement of Mr, John Allen did not come to hand in season to be inserted! 



