MiLcn cows. 



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The first week in September she gave fifteen quarts of milk per 

 day, and made nine pounds of butter per week. Her feed in 

 winter is good hay, with two quarts of shorts and one quart of 

 meal per day. In summer, grass only. 



Statement of James M. Swalloiv. 



The cow " Lady Florence " I offer for premium was three 

 years old the 28th of last April. She is half Dutch. She 

 dropped her first calf, " Lady Florence 2d," June 1, 1867. 

 Gave a good even quantity of milk all summer, and until into 

 March. April 8, dropped " Lady Florence 3d." The first week 

 in June she gave seventeen quarts of milk per day. The first 

 week in September, eleven quarts. Her keeping has always 

 been meadow and run hay in winter, English in spring, an 

 average pasture in summer. A few shorts are given in the 

 winter while in milk. 



Dunstable, September 22, 1868. 



Statement of Sylvester Crosby. 



One grade cow, eight years old, raised in Lowell by the pres- 

 ent owner, Sylvester Crosby. Last calved May 2, 1868, and 

 calves the 7th day of April, 1869. Has been kept, from May 2, 

 1868, to the present time, on not over three-fourths of an acre 

 of pasture land, and two hundred and fifty pounds of fine feed 

 and corn-fodder night and morning for the last five weeks. 



Amount of milk given by said cow : — 



For 25 days in May, . 



30 days in June, . 



31 days in July, . 

 31 days in August, 

 22 days in September, 



Total for 130 days, 



Statement of James T. Burnap. 



The cow I offer for premium is a grade Durham, nine years 

 old. Calved May 24, and is to calve again May 5, 1869. 



Her keeping during the winter was meadow and English hay, 

 two-thirds of the first and one-third of the latter; one feed of 

 corn-fodder at noon, and four quarts of shorts daily. 



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