MILK YIELD. 29 



Mr. Ormsby, near Ayr, states the average yield of 

 good cows, for three months in succession, as from 

 7 to 8 pints at a milking; that is, 14 to 16 quarts 

 daily. 



Mr. Robert McKeen, of Bishopbriggs, near Glas- 

 gow, had, in 1869, a herd of 36 very superior-looking 

 animals. He gave their yield as 21J quarts for three 

 months. He was a high feeder, and his nearness 

 to the breweries of Glasgow gave him the privi- 

 lege of obtaining brewery draff, which, it is needless 

 to say, was abundantly availed of. 



Professor Wilson, in his report on the Danish Ex- 

 hibition, says, "Two dairies of Ayrshire cows gave 

 the annual milk product per cow at 2,600 quarts and 

 2,528 quarts respectively." 11 



In America we can hardly expect as large an annual 

 return in milk as obtains in Scotland, on account of the 

 greater dryuess of our climate, and the absence of that 

 succulency of food, during the summer heats, which 

 is so desirable. Yet on account of the care exercised 

 towards cows so highly valued, we have instances of 

 excellent yields for the year, and in the yields for a 

 limited period oftentimes statements so remarkable 

 for their excess as to call for further verifica- 

 tion. We, however, give our authorities in each 

 instance. 



. Of the four cows imported by Mr. Gushing in 1837, 

 we have the following memoranda of their yields 

 commencing in that year. 12 



11 Trans. N. Y. Ag. Soc. 1869, p. 666. 



12 Farmers' Library, iii, 305. 



