MILCH COWS. 



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TABULAR STATEMExN'T. 



* Belle is from Duchess, and was sired by Mr. Giles' premium seTen-eighths Ayrshire bull. 



t Rose is from SuRie, and was sired by the premium Ayrshire bull, " Zero." 



t Lady Constance is from Duchess, and was also sired by " Zero." 



§ Daisy is from Jo.sey, and was sired by Mr. George Dunn's Ayrshire bull. 



At and preceding the date of trial, the cows have had only- 

 fair pasture, and were kept in the barn at night. I must except 

 Beauty, whose yield last fall is returned ; her feed was good 

 pasture, with green corn at night, and a quart of Indian meal 

 each morning. 



In reply to the fourth question : my cows' food in winter has 

 consisted of English hay and corn-stalks while milking, and 

 meadow and swale hay and barley straw while dry. This sum- 

 mer they have had only a good and sweet, but rather over- 

 stocked pasture, with a very little green corn fodder since the 

 24th of July. Last year each cow had a quart of corn meal 

 every morning until she began to dry up, wiien by degrees the 

 meal was discontinued. This season the cows have not had 

 any grain, and owing to the oppressive drought, much of the 

 fodder corn, on which I depended to help out their pasture, 

 dried up, and was of little value ; and some younger corn which 

 I was beginning to feed, was entirely cut down by a severe frost. 

 In fact, the cows have, as their appearance will testify, had 

 rather a hard time of it ; and their produce is only creditable 

 when considered in reference to their keeping. 



As to my management and method of feeding : my attention 

 is directed in the first place to keeping my stock at all times 

 comfortable and contented. This, in summer, is usually a 

 pretty easy task, and has consisted with me in furnishing them 

 a good, fair pasture and an occasional change of bite, and in 



