406 NORFOLK SOCIETY. 



Samuel J. Capen^s Statement. No. 3. 



The cow " Mrs. Gushing," is fall blood Ayrshire, from the 

 imported stock of Mr. Gushing, of Watertown. She is five 

 years old. She calved when two years old ; has had three 

 calves, and has not been dry since her having her first calf. 

 She calved Nov. 3d, 1851. From Dec. 1st to 10th, she aver- 

 aged 15 qts. of milk per day; was fed on hay, 1 qt. meal, 4 

 qts. shorts and 1 bush, carrots. From March 1st to 10th, she 

 averaged 12 qts. per day, weighing 28 lbs. Fed the same as 

 above. 



Dorchester, Sept. 28, 1852. 



Luther C. Bailey's Statement. 



This cow was bought of Josiah Fogg, of Deerfield. She 

 is now owned by William H. Sumner, of West Roxbury, who 

 purchased her last November. She is half native and half 

 Durham, and is nine years old. She calved the 11th of August, 

 1852. In seven days, from the 21st to the 27th of Aug., she 

 gave 154|^ qts. of milk, which weighed 404| lbs. Her feed 

 was ,2 qts. of shorts and 1 qt. of meal a day. As the grass in 

 our pasture all dried up, the weighing of the milk was discon- 

 tinued ; but after the rains, the feed grew better, when I made 

 a second trial, from the 18th of Sept. to the 27th, ten days, she 

 gave 231|^ qts. of milk, which weighed 601|^ lbs. Grain, 4 qts. 

 a day ; 2 of meal and 2 of shorts. 



Neither of these experiments fairly tested the productiveness 

 of the cow, which would have been considerably increased if 

 we had had good grass. As it was, she was pastured on old 

 mowing fields, upon which the grass was short, but started 

 after the rains. This remark is proved by the report of the 

 committee of the Franklin Society, where she was kept in the 

 rich Deerfield meadows, and produced in seven days 465 lbs. 

 of milk, from which 17 lbs. of butter were made. We could 

 not make butter for trial this year, as the milk was daily used. 

 She made great quantities of butter all winter and spring, 

 which was used in the family ; she also supplied them with 

 all the cream they used. She gave milk until the time was 

 out for her to calve, which was nearly four weeks after. 



