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day, and gained 28 lbs. in the four weeks, her weighl 

 on the 31st of March being 10 cwt. 2 qrs. 



The weight and the yield of milk of the six, on the 

 31st of March, were: 



On referring to the previous weighing, there was 

 little or no gain from Feb. 4th to March 4th, the cows 

 being at that time in a somewhat more relaxed state. 

 During March they wholly regained their consistency. 

 The gain shown in the weighing, March 31, by the six 

 cows, appears therefore unusually great. It should, 

 however, be computed as made* during the eight weeks 

 from Feb. 4th to March 31, being with an average yield 

 of nearly 12 quarts (11.66) per day each, at the rate 

 of 8^ lbs. each per week on the average. 



No. 11, it will be observed, is stated as giving more 

 milk on the 31st than on the 4th of March. It 

 occasionally happens that cows drop their yield of milk 

 for a day or two, and then regain it, especially when in 

 use. The whole of these six cows were kept free from 

 calf till February, when Nos. 2 and 4 were sent to bull. 

 I had some hesitation in regard to No. 4, from her hav- 

 ing suffered from pleuro. Her milk, tested by a lac- 

 tometer, denoted a less than average proportion of 

 ci earn ; still, in quantity, and keeping up its yield for a 

 length of time, being of more than ordinary capability, 

 I decided to retain her. 



Nos. 1 and 7, which are giving respectively 8 and 10 

 quarts per day, are in a state of fatness ; they will 

 probably be sold in June as prime fat, when their yield 

 of milk will probably be 6 and 8 quarts per day each. 



