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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



by Mr. B. Goodridge, of Danvers, at the age of two years, from 

 the drove of a Mr. Copp, drover, from Randolph, Vt.* She 

 was recommended to Mr. Copp as being one of a breed cele- 

 brated for its milking qualities. She was of a dark-red color, 

 rather under size, and described by Mr. Goodridge as " high 

 and broad behind, having a straight back, large belly, small 

 neck and head, line horns, bright eye, and in all respects sym- 

 metrical and handsome." "While in possession of Mr. Good- 

 ridge she had her first calf, which at the age of four weeks 

 made first-rate veal, weighing over twenty pounds the quarter. 

 Mr. Oakes made from her the first year, and without over-feed- 

 ing, no less than one hundred and eighty pounds of butter. In 

 the next year (1814) he gave her ten or twelve bushels of 

 meal, and made three hundred pounds of butter. In 1815 he 

 gave her from thirty to thirty-five bushels of meal, and made 

 over four hundred pounds of butter. In 1816 she calved on 

 the 5th of April, and the calf, being very fine and fat, was 

 killed on the 8th of May ; after which she had good pasturage 

 all the season, and was allowed one bushel of meal a week, to- 

 gether with all her skimmed milk. In June of that year Mr. 

 Oakes weighed her milk, and found that she gave ten quarts 

 at night, weighing twenty-six and a half pounds, and seven 

 quarts in the morning, weighing eighteen pounds ; in all, forty- 

 four and a half pounds a day. 



The quantity of butter made in the year 1816 was as fol- 

 lows : — 



* It was stated on page 270 of the Agriculture of Massachusetts for 1853 that 

 this animal was bought from a drove from the Kennebec. Such lias been the gen- 

 eral impression. The account given above, however, is believed to be the true 

 state of the case. 



