62 MEAT. 



ance which is highly prized by epicures. The meat 

 was also in large quantity in proportion to the bone. 



"The imported cow Nannie, nine years of age, 

 dropped a calf in September, 1862 ; was milked un- 

 til July, 1864, when she ran in a short pasture until 

 November, without extra feeding ; since that time she 

 has had meal, eating most heartily, and increasing in 

 weight more rapidly than grade Short-horns which 

 have been fed with her. She weighed 1,372 pounds 

 in March, 1865. 



"A full blood steer, three years old March 5, 1865, 

 now weighs 1,332 pounds, and girths six feet and ten 

 inches ; had never tasted meal until the middle of 

 November last, four months ago." 



