MILCH cows. 



other points that might be named in connection with the sub- 

 ject, considered and reported upon to the society. 



John IT. Robinson, Chairman. 



Statement of Mr. Capen. 



The cow offered for premium by me is of the Durham breed, 

 nine years old. She calved on the 30th of September, 1853. 

 From the 15th to the 25th of the next October she averaged 

 twenty-four quarts of milk per day, weighing fifty-four pounds. 

 She was fed on grass and two quarts of meal and four quarts 

 of shorts per day. From the 15th to the 25th of January she 

 averaged sixteen quarts of milk per day. 



Dorchester, September 2G, 1854. 



Statement of Mr. King. 



The Aldcrncy heifer exhibited by me I imported in July, 

 1853. She had a very long passage, (over fifty-five days,) and 

 was extremely low in flesh on her arrival. She dropped her 

 calf February 1, 1854, which is also on exhibition. I think, 

 from observation, she is a fine specimen of the breed. The 

 quantity of milk which she has produced from February 1 to 

 September 25 averages a fraction over nine and a half quarts 

 per day. I am not able to state the quantity of milk to make 

 one pound of butter; but this I will vouch, that a quart of her 

 milk will yield much more cream than any cow I ever owned or 

 ever knew. 



Dorchester, September 2G, 1851. 



BRISTOL. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



The committee call particular attention to the rules of the 

 society respecting milch cows. At the recent show only five 

 exhibitors placed in the hands of the committee statements 

 concerning the yield in milk of their cows ; and of these five 



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