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the 13th day of June, Avhen twenty four days old — was fat, and 

 weighed 112 pounds, dressed. 



I have kept an account of her milk, as follows : — from June 13th 

 to July 13th. 80 days^ 1380 lbs. Average per day, 46 lbs. 



From July 3th to Sept. 27th, 76 dajs, 3040 lbs. Average per 

 day, 40 lbs. Bhe gives 39 lbs. a day now. 



Her feed has been common pasture, with three other cows. She 

 Las been milked between four and five o'clock all summer, and has 

 remained in the barn at niglit, with a foddering of hay. She has 

 had no grain of any kind. I set the milk for butter one day, and 

 made from it 2 pounds 2 ounces. 



WINGATE MERRILL. 



Danvers, Sept. 27th, 1849. 



ENOCH PAGES STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Milch Coivs : 



Gentlemen, — I offer for premium one native cow, 4 'years old. 

 Her milk, for the last twenty days, has weighed 738 lbs., making 

 13 3-4 quarts per day. She had a calf the middle of July last. 



ENOCH PAGE. 



Danvers, Sept. 26, 1849. 



FREDERIC BURNHAMS STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Milch Cows : 



Gentlemen, — The cow which I enter for premium, is seven years 

 old, and has been owned by me over a year. She calved the 17th 

 of March last, and will have her next calf the first of March next. 

 She gives her milk till the time of calving. At the height of feed, 

 for three weeks in June, she gave an average of 15 1-2 quarts per 

 day. Previously to that time and since, her average yield has been 

 thirteen quarts per day. Last year, I sold from her, besides what I 

 used in the family, $105 worth of milk, at 4 cents per quart, from 

 May 20th to Nov. 20th ; and at 5 cents the rest of the year. The 

 calf I so\d at ^5 25. She has been pastured with another cow this 



