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three other cows, and had no other feed till August 15, when 

 I fed her freely on corn fodder. The first ten days in June she 

 gave three hundred and twenty-seven pounds of milk, which 

 produced fifteen |and a half pounds of butter. The first ten 

 days in September she gave two hundred and fifty-eight 

 pounds of milk, which produced twelve and a quarter pounds 

 of butter. 



My dairy came in late, as follows : First cow, May 10 ; 

 second, June 21; and two three-year-old heifers, the 3d and 

 5th of July. Their calves were all males, which I sold at 

 three days old. From June 1 to July 10, from one cow were 

 made forty-one pounds of butter. From July 10 to September 

 12, from four cows were made two hundred and thirty-one 

 pounds, making two hundred and seventy-two pounds of but- 

 ter. I have kept one sow and seven pigs. 



Worcester, 1854. 



Statement of Amos F. Knight. 



I hereby certify that during the present season I have kept a 

 dairy of ten cows. The time of their last and next calving 

 was and will be as follows : — 



One thrce-y'r-old in June, September, 1853, Feb'y 11, 



The committee will perceive that one cow and one heifer did 

 not calve until after I commenced trying them, and the three- 

 year-old heifer was only a farrow one. The keeping has boon 

 common pasture, with the addition since the 8th of August of 



