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raise a thick cream ; and hence we see that there is some truth 

 in the remark which we sometimes hear, " that my cow's 

 skimmed milk is about as good as my neighbors' new milk." 

 It is only by careful attention to these points that we can 

 select and rear a stock of cows that will be adapted to our 

 wants. 



Wm. R. Putnam, Chairman. 



Statement of John Perkins. 



J. present for examination a " native " cow, five years old. 

 I have owned this cow three years. She had her third calf the 

 19th of last March. From that time to the present she has 

 given two thousand four hundred and eighty-four quarts of 

 milk. I have measured her milk morning and night, as I sold 

 it to my neighbors. It is of good quality. Her feed has been 

 good hay and eight quarts of shorts per day ; when turned out 

 to grass, four quarts of shorts per day. 



In June she gave fifteen quarts per day; she now gives ten 

 quarts per day. She would not go dry at all if I continued to 

 milk her; but it was thought best to dry her about four weeks 

 before calving. 



Danvers, September 27, 1854. 



Statement of Lorenzo Dow. 



The average yield of milk per day from the cow presented 

 for premium for each month, commencing the 1st of March, was 

 as follows : — 



Average for March, 



" « April, 



« May, 



" " June, 



« " July, 



u " .August, 



" " September, thus far, 



I set seventeen and one-half quarts of milk, and churned the 



