1858.] SENATE— No. 4. 61 



20th September ; since that time they have had pumpkins once a day. 

 My dairy consists of 18 cows, one of which has been farrow this 

 season ; one lost her calf, and of the others I am raising five ; four 

 Sold at $10 per head, to raise ; two for $6 per head, to raise ; the 

 other five cows' calves were engaged for $25 ; two of them had 

 twins, which makes 18 calves raising, equal to the number of cows. 

 I have made from, my dairy 8,213 lbs. of new milch cheese, and 261 

 lbs. butter. 



My cows are kept in the stable during the winter, except when out 

 to water. I keep litter under them all the time they remain in the 

 stable. Corn-fodder, straw, and poor hay is fed to them from the 

 time of putting up until the first of March, then good hay ; and from 

 the time of calving till they go to grass, a small allowance of grain 

 is fed. Extra expense in feeding I do not consider as profitable as 

 extra pains in the selection of animals for breeders. 



John Brooks, Jr., also presented, with his herd, the following 



STATEMENT: 



I enter the following animals under Class one. Number 6, viz.: 

 Four cows for the herd premium : White-belly, half Ayrshire, 6 years 

 old, dropped her last calf June 25, 1857. Sold at six weeks old for 

 $9. Will calve again in April, 1858. Her live weight is 1,010 lbs. 

 Her yield of milk the first ten days of August, 1857, was 444 lbs,; 

 the first ten days of September was 439 J; lbs., in the twenty days 

 8831 lbs., which milk made 34 lbs. of butter ; 3.869 per cent, of the 

 milk Avas butter ; average daily flow of milk was 44.162 lbs. ; aver- 

 age daily flow of milk on her live weight was 4.372 per cent. 



Cow, Mary, half Ayrshire, six years old, dropped her last calf in 

 March, 1857 ; will calve again in March, 1858 ; sold her calf at ten 

 days old, to raise, for four dollars ; her yield of milk first ten days in 

 June, 1857, vv'as 429 lbs. ; first ten days in September was 41 6^- lbs., 

 which milk made 42 lbs. of butter ; yield of milk in twenty days 

 845J- lbs. ; daily flow of milk, averaged for twenty days, 42.275 lbs. ; 

 4.967 per cent, of her milk was butter ; her live weight is 1,120 lbs. ; 

 average daily flow of milk on her live weight, 3.774 per cent. 



Cow, Alice, ^ Ayrshire, six years old ; dropped her last calf March 

 25, 1857, which I am raising ; it was worth at six weeks old, ten dol- 

 lars ; calves again in March, 1858 ; her live weight is 1,012 lbs. ; her 

 yield of milk for ten days in June, 1857, was 358 lbs. ; first ten days 

 in September 344| lbs., in the twenty days 702^ lbs., which milk 



