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ties, free of charge. They are now making the distribution of all that are of sufficient age 

 to be put to service. In this way the Society hope to enable all the Ikruiers in the Oom- 

 monwealth to improve their slock. 



I regret that my engagements will not allow me to ucvote more time to this subject. You 

 may, probably, however, find enough in this and my Re[)ort for your purpose. 



With gruat resiject, yonr obi eerv't, E. PHINNEY. 



We had lost recollection of the importation by Mr. Gushing, referred to by- 

 Mr. P., but turning back now to the annals of that period, we find that he sup- 

 plied Mr. Colman with an exact account of the produce of the four Ayrshire 

 cows on his farm, as set forth in the following statement : 



1. Memoranda of Milk gh:en by imported Ayr- 



shire. Cow Flora, for one year, 1837. 



From ITdi of May to 1st of June 608 lbs. 



.. 1st of June" to 1st of July 1192 .. 



.. 1st of July to 1st of August 10tj4 .. 



.. 1st of August to 1st of Sept 841 .. 



.. Ist of September to 1st of Oct.. 713 .. 



.. 1st of October to 1st of Nov 4S9 .. 



.. Ist of November to 1st of Dec. 409 .. 

 .. 1st of December to 1st of Jan.. 432 .. 



.. 1st of January to 1st of Feb 442 .. 



.. 1st of February to 1st of March. 388 .. 



.. 1st of March to 1st of April 484 .. 



.. 1st of April to 1st of May 419 .. 



-. 1st to 20th of May 242 .. 



Total ..7728 lbs. 



At 10 lbs. per gallon, 772 gallons. 



2. Memoranda of Milk given hy ■imported Ayr- 



shire Cow Juno, for one year, 1837. 



From 23d of May to 1st of June 243 lbs. 



-. 1st of June to 1st of July 796 .. 



1st of July to 1st of August . 845 .. 



.. 1st of August to 1st of Sept 600 .. 



.. Ist of September to Isl of Oct. . 475 .. 



.. 1st of October to 1st of Nov 313 .. 



.. 1st of November to Ist of Dec -340 .. 



From 1st August to 1st September . ., 693 lbs. 



.. 1st September to 1st October. .. 5()7 .. 



1st October to l.st November. .. 498 .. 



.. 1st November to 1st December. 319 .. 



.. 1st Deceruber to 1st January. .. 403 .. 



1st January to 1st February ... 406 .- 



.. 1st February to 1st March 351 .. 



.. 1st March to 1st April 368 .- 



.. let April to 1st May 319 .. 



.. 1st to 21st May 151 .. 



Total .5163 lbs. 



At 10 lbs. per gallon, 516 gallons. 



4. Memoranda of Milk given by imported Ayr- 

 shire Cow Cora, from Nov. 17 to May 21. 



From 17th November to 1st December 3H8 lbs. 

 .. Isl December to 1st January. .. 834 .. 



.. 1st .January to 1st February 846 .. 



.. 1st Februar}' to let March 776 .. , 



.. 1st March to 1st April 704 .. 



.. Ist April to 1st May G70 .. 



.. lstto21etMay 405 .. 



Total 4623 lbs. 



At 10 lbs. per gallon, 462 gallons. 



The mode in which these cows are fed is 



as follows : " Onr Ayrshire cows, dun'ng the 

 winter, have half a bushel of sugar-beets or 

 potatoes ; with the former, about a pint of 

 rye-meal mixed with the cut beets ; but when 

 Ihey have potatoes, the meal is omitted. — 

 With the above, they have as much English 

 hay as they can eat. In the summer they 

 have nothing but what they get in the pas- 

 ture. They are driven, morning and night, 

 from the pasture to the barn to be milked, 

 and after that operation are driven again to 

 the pasture." 



.. Ist of December to 1st of Jan. .. 394 .. 



-. 1st of January to 1st of Feb 401 .. 



.. 1st of February to 1st of March. 326 .. 



.. 1st of March to 1st of April 328 .. 



.. 1st of April to 1st of May 216 .. 



,. 1st to 7th of May 30 .. 



Total .5307 lbs. 



At 10 lbs. per gallon, 530 gallons. 



3. Memoranda of Milk given by imported Ayr- 

 shire Cow Venus, from .Tune 20 to May 21. 



From 20th June to 1st July 283 lbs. 



.. 1st July to 1st August 803 .. 



To the above statement Mr. Colman adds (as we find in the New Genesee 

 Farmer) the following from Mr. Randall, of New-Bedford, Massachusetts, dated 

 September 9, 1841 : 



" My thorough-bred, full-blooded Ayrshire 

 cow Swinley. was imported by me from 

 Scotland in 1839. She was six years old in 

 May last. She calved on the 31st of last 

 March. She was milked regularly throe 

 days previous to dropping her calf, and had 

 drawn from her in the time from 4.') to iJO 

 quarts. Commenced setting her milk for 

 butter on the 1st day of April. The calf was 

 not allowed to touch a teat, v\'as fed on new 

 milk for nine days, and after that time on 

 skinnned milk. In all April, the quantity 

 made from her was 43 lbs. 6 oz. The quan- 

 tity hi May was 42 lbs. 4 oz. In tliia month 

 her milk decreased. Quantity hi June 



(625) ao 



was 44 lbs. 7 oz. In July and August, her 

 milk was not kept separate from that of other 

 cows. Weighed her milk (for one day) on 

 the 7th of April; it weighed 43 lbs. 9 oz. 

 On the 2d of September commenced weigh- 

 ing her milk ; In four days it has averaged 

 25 lbs. 8 oz., and has made in four days just 

 5 lbs. of butter. My pasture through the sea- 

 son has been very poor and short, owing to 

 the dry weather and having too much stock 

 for the <]uantily of pasture. From the lima 

 this cow was turned to grass until tiiis day, 

 (i)tli September,) she has had by jneasure 

 two quaits of Indian meal per day regu- 

 larly." 



