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the others in his immediate neighborhood. One cow was 

 reserved for the use of his family, and his statement refers to 

 only ten of their number. During the six months from the 

 first day of March to the first day of September, Mr. Ellsworth 

 certifies that he has made four thousand three hundred and 

 thirty-three pounds of cheese, and ninety-eight pounds of butter 

 — reckoning three pounds of cheese to one of butter, the whole 

 product of his dairy in cheese is four thousand six hundred and 

 twenty-seven pounds, which at nine and one-fourth cents per 

 pound amounts to 1427.99. Seven of the calves were reserved 

 by himself to raise, and three were sold to the butchers ; four 

 were sired by the celebrated Durham bull, " Count," and the 

 others by a bull of equally good points though of less extended 

 reputation. The net profits of the swine fed from the offal of 

 the dairy, he estimates at seventy-five dollars. None of his 

 cows have had any other feed than hay of the best quality, 

 and pasture, during the time of this trial, and the average 

 product of each cow, reckoning Mr. Ellsworth's calves reserved 

 for raising and three sold to the butcher, at the same average 

 value as those of the other competitor, during the months from 

 March first to September first, is seventy-four dollars and eleven 

 cents per head, amounting in the aggregate to $741.19. 



Mr. Robinson's dairy consists of seventeen cows of various 

 ages, ranging from three to eleven years, all of them grade 

 Durhams. A portion of the herd was raised by himself, and 

 the others were purchased in his immediate neighborhood. He 

 reserved one cow for the use of his family and the family of a 

 neighbor, and produced from the other sixteen cows from the 

 first day of March to the first day of September, five thousand 

 four hundred and fifty-three pounds of cheese, which valued 

 at nine and one-fourth cents per pound, is equal to $504.40. 

 Fourteen calves were sold and three reserved, and the average 

 price obtained for those sold was $23.82, and valuing those 

 reserved for raising at the same price, we have the aggregate of 

 $404.94, as the value of the calves. The net profits of the 

 swine, fed from the waste of his dairy, he estimates at $82.40, 

 and the milk sold at $6.40, making in the aggregate the sum of 

 $998.14, or an average product for each cow of $62.38. Mr. 

 Robinson's cows were fed with good hay, from the first of March 

 to the time of going to grass, with the addition of one quart of 



