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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



two years past. They have had two quarts of Indian meal a 

 day during the past five months, and had green corn fodder for 

 twenty-three days the latter part of August and the first part 

 of September. During the winter they were kept on poor fod- 

 der, and had two quarts of provender per day till the 1st of 

 March, when they had good hay, as much as they would eat. 



The cows calved from the 28th of March to the 19 th of 

 April. They were turned out to pasture on the 8th of May, 

 and fed with hay morning and evening till the 15th of May, 

 after which they were driven back to pasture after milking. 

 They were milked twice in twenty-four hours, between four 

 and five o'clock, by one milker, except in two instances. They 

 were all dried in February, and during the time they yielded in 

 milk and cheese as per table below : — 



