60 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



of Victoria in July, she not being in milk during the trial of tho 

 others, as follows : — 



Cleopatra, yielded during tho first seven days of June. 253| lbs. 

 milk. The three days following yielded 111^ lbs. of milk, from the 

 cream of which was made 5 lbs. of butter ; 22 lbs. of milk making a 

 pound of butter. 



Daisy 2d, yielded during the same time, seven first days of June, 

 272 lbs. of milk; the three following days 110^- lbs. of milk, which 

 made 4 lbs. 9 oz. butter ; about 24 lbs. milk making a pound of 

 butter. 



Flora, yielded during the first seven days of June 298 lbs of milk, 

 and the three following days 126^ lbs., which made 5 lbs. 2 oz. butter ; 

 21 lbs. milk making a pound of butter. 



Lady Washington, yielded during the first seven days of June, 

 398^ lbs. of milk, the three following days 171 lbs. of milk, which 

 made 7^ lbs. of butter ; 22|- lbs. milk making a pound of butter. 



Fannie, yielded during the first seven days 311^ lbs. of milk, the 

 three following days 141^ lbs. of milk, which made 6 J- lbs. butter, 

 less than 22 lbs. of milk making a pound of butter. 



Jessie, yielded during the first seven days of June 293i lbs. of milk, 

 the three following days 128^ lbs. of milk, which made 6 lbs. of 

 butter; 21 lbs. of milk making a pound of butter. She had been in 

 milk fifteen months, having had her last calf in March, 1856. She 

 gave 60 lbs. of milk a day in June, 1856. 



Fountain, yielded during the first seven days of June 381 lbs. of 

 milk, and the three following days 166^ lbs., which made 6 lbs. 14 

 ozs. butter ; 24 lbs. milk making a pound of butter. 



Cheese was made from the milk of the seven cows during the first 

 seven days of June, and yielded 232 lbs. of cheese, from 2,207^ lbs. 

 milk, making one pound of cheese to about 9J- lbs. of milk. A 

 specimen of the cheese made at that time is presented for your 

 examination. 



The seven cows made, during the three days trial, 41 lbs. 9 oz. of 

 butter from 955 lbs. of milk, making 1 lb. of butter to 23 lbs. of 

 milk. It will be seen that the milk which makes a pound of butter 

 will make 2J- lbs. of cheese. 



Victoria, yielded during the first ten days of July, 507 lbs. of milk, 

 from the cream of which was made 21 lbs. of butter, 24 lbs. of milk 

 making a pound of butter. The weather during this trial was not aa 

 favorable for making butter as during the trial of the others. 



My cov/s had no extra feed during the trial ; they were turned to 

 pasture the l5th/3f May, having no other food than pasture until the 

 10th of August, when they were fed once a day with corn-stalks till 



