28 MILK YIELD. 



In Mr. Buttery's dairy of thirty cows, at Calder 

 Bank, the average annual produce is 2,941 wine 

 quarts per cow. 8 



At the competition between milch cows at the show 

 of the Ayrshire Agricultural Society, the average 

 milk yield for four milkiugs was 49 1 pounds a day, 

 as follows 9 : 



Weight of 4 Milkinga 

 OWNBR. daring 2 days. Per day. Per milking. 



Archibald Wilson. ... 96 Ibs. 14 oz. 48 Ibs. 7 oz. 24 Ibs. 3* oz. 



James Hendrie 97 4 4 



William Reid 82 " 3 



do ...109 " 6 



E. Wallace 114 " 2 



do 94 " 1 



48 ' 30 " 24 



41 " li" 20 



64 " 11 " 27 



57 " Hi" 29 



47 " i" 23 



5 

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 8i 



8J " 



Archibald Sturrock, in 1866, estimates the aver- 

 age yield for all the cows at about 3,400 imperial 

 pints from each cow per annum, and apologizes for 

 his low estimate by complaining of the want of house 

 feeding by so many, and the great neglect of the cows 

 in winter. 10 3,400 imperial pints is 2,040 wine quarts. 



To complete the records of yield in Scotland, we 

 will quote from statements made us, either in person 

 or by letter, from Scotch breeders. 



Robert Wilson, of Kilbarchan, writes, "I have 

 known cows in our own stock to give as much as 28 

 and 32 quarts each, daily, but such are exceptional 

 cases." 



At Kilmarnock, in 1869, we found the universal 

 testimony was from 12 to 16 quarts daily, from the 

 best cows. 



8 Mayne's How to Choose a Milch Cow, p. 136. 

 Gard. Chron. and Ag. Gazette, Apr. 8, 1865. 

 io Prize Essays H. Soc. 1866-7, p. 78. 



