MILCH COWS. 105 



No. 1. — Breed, Ayrshire ; 7 years old, calved Oct. 1, 1863. 



No. 2. — Breed, Ayrshire ; 7 years old, calved Oct. 5, 18(33. 



No. 3. — Breed, Ayrshire ; 4 years old, calved April 5, 1864. 



No. 4. — Breed, Ayrshire ; 8 years old, calved Nov. 10, 1863. 



No. 5. — Breed, |f Ayrshire, ^L native ; 6 years old, calved 

 March 10, 1864. 



No. 6. — Breed, ||- Ayrshire, J^ native ; 4 years old, calved 

 April 8, 1864. 



No. 7. — Breed, native ; 6 years old, calved Oct. 8, 1863. 



No. 8. — Bull, breed, Ayrshire ; 4 years old, weight, 1,180 

 pounds. 



The four cows that are forward with calf, were wintered 

 partly on meadow and partly English hay, with two quarts of 

 shorts and one quart of peanut meal per day, and have run 

 at pasture this summer. The other three were wintered on 

 meadow hay, and have run at pasture this summer, with very 

 short, dry feed. The bull has been kept most of the time on 

 meadow hay, with a little meal about two months of the time, 

 and has been worked. 



No. 1, gave last October, 20^ quarts per day ; 18 per cent, 

 cream. 



No. 2, gave last October, 18 quarts per day; 13 per cent, 

 cream. 



No. 3, gave last June, 19 quarts per day; 12 per cent, 

 cream. 



No. 4, gave last November, 17|^ quarts per day ; 12 per cent, 

 cream. 



No. 5, gave last June, 18 quarts per day ; 11 per cent, 

 cream. 



No. 6, gave last June, 18 quarts per day; 11 per cent, 

 cream. 



No. 7, gave last October, 19 quarts per day ; her milk was 

 good ; the precise percentage of cream I do not know. 



I claim superiority for the quantity and quality of their milk. 



They were all raised by me, except No. 4 and No. 7 ; No. 4 

 was raised by Lyman, of Waltham, and No. 7, by Tuttle, of 

 Concord. Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 7, were milked until July, and 

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