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She continued to give milk until May 9th, giving to that date 

 in addition to weight for the 300 days, 6451 llis., making a total 

 of 9,22'.t| lbs. during the year. She calved again July 26, 1870, 

 and gave in August, thirty-one days, 1,195;] lbs., average 38 56- 

 100 lbs. per day. In September, fifteen days, 507| lbs., aver- 

 age 33 85-100 lbs. per day. 



Total, — Forty-six dajs, 1,703^ lbs., average 37 3-100 lbs. per 

 day. 



" Bellflower, 5th." — Statement of milk, in pounds, given by 

 the Shorthorn cow, Bellflower, 5th, at eight years old, from 

 November 9, 1869, to May 17, 1870, inclusive, 190 days. She 

 had the usual steamed feed, together with two quarts of meal, 

 and four quarts of shorts per day. She calved November 1, 

 1869. 



In November, twenty-two days, 885| lbs., average 40 24-100 

 lbs. per day. In December, thirty-one days, 976^ lbs., average 

 31 49-100 lbs. per day. In January, thirty-one days, 1,095-| lbs., 

 average 35 33-100 lbs. per day. In February, twenty-eight days, 

 962| lbs., average 34 38-100 lbs. per day. In March, thirty-one 

 days, 1,067 lbs., average 34 42-100 lbs. per day. In April, 

 thirty days, 862 lbs., average 28 73-100 lbs. per day. In May, 

 seventeen days, 457 lbs., average 26 92-100 lbs. per day. 



Total,— 190 days, 6,305^ lbs,, average 33 18-100 lbs. per day. 

 May 18, she was removed from the farm to Fitchburg for family 

 use, and no record of weight* kept afterwards. 



" Mountain Belle." — Calved August 1, 1870. Her feed has 

 been dry hay, steamed feed and fodder corn, one feed of each 

 per day, together with two quarts meal and four quarts of 

 wheat shorts per day. In August, 5th to 31st, twenty-seven 

 days, she gave 971| lbs. of milk, averaging 36 lbs. per day. In 

 September, to 15th, fifteen days, she gave 468 lbs. of milk, 

 average 31 20-100 lbs. per day. Her largest yield in one day 

 was 41 lbs. (Aug. 9th). Her record for 1869, from March 

 7th, to December 31st, 300 days, is 6,162 lbs., an average of 20 

 54-100 lbs. per day. 



Statement of E T. Miles. 

 " Beauty," No. 240 Ayrshire Herd Book, is nine years old, 

 and dropped her last calf May 20, 1870. In six days, from the 

 6th to the 11th of June, 1870, inclusive, she gave 193 lbs. of 



