142 WORCESTER SOCIETY. 



Horace Chenery''s Statement. 



The number of cows kept by me this season is three. The 

 one exhibited is eight years old, of medium size, native breed, 

 raised by Rufus Hastings, of Sterling. The cow calved the 

 23d of April, was turned out to pasture the first of May, was 

 fed for two weeks subsequently with hay at night, and a half 

 peck of carrots in the morning of each day. 



From about the middle of May, no food was furnished her 

 other than pasturing, of an average quality. In the first nine 

 days of June, she gave 404.^ lbs. milk, producing 19 lbs. but- 

 ter, and in the first nine days of Sept., 298 lbs. of milk and 

 14 lbs. of butter. 



In June, she yielded 1370 1-2 lbs. milk, and the butter pro- 

 duced in the same period was 63 1-4 lbs. From the 1st May 

 to 1st September, she made 205f lbs. butter. 



We strain the milk into tin pans, letting it stand from 36 to 

 48 hours. Cream kept in a stone jar till churned. 



I have owned her four years, and she has furnished all the 

 milk, butter, and cream for my family averaging eight persons, 

 during that time, excepting two months before calving, but I 

 have sold more milk in the winter than I have bought in the 

 spring. 



Asa F. Rice's Statement. 



I have four cows, each 8 years old, two of which I exhibit. 

 One is native, raised in Worcester, the other, part Devon, raised 

 in Princeton. The former calved May 20th, the other 26th 

 of Feb. They were turned to pasture May 7th, pasturing 

 common. From 27th Aug., they have been fed "stalks" 

 once a day. 



The first cow gave the nine first days of June, 327 lbs. milk, 

 yielding 12 lbs. 5 oz. butter ; for the same period in Sept. she 

 gave 218 lbs. milk, yielding 8 lbs. 10 oz. butter. 



For the first nine days of June, the second cow gave 254 

 lbs. milk, yielding 13 lbs. 10 oz. butter, and in the same period 

 in Sept., 146 lbs. milk, yielding 7 lbs. 7 oz. butter. We make 

 no cheese ; have used about 280 quarts milk in the family. 



