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many pounds ; how many quarts ; whether beer or wine meas- 

 ure ; how much butter and how much cheese has been obtained 

 from them ia a given time ; and how at such times they have 

 been managed and fed ; and as, in such a case as this, the public 

 advantage ought to be our only object, and the truth must in the 

 end be equally important to all, we respectfully ask gentlemen^ 

 who possess these fine animals, to make these experiments and 

 examinations, and fully report them ; that if it should appear 

 they are as valuable for dairy purposes as has been represented, 

 the agricultural public may know what a blessing is within their 

 reach ; but if it sliould be found that they are not so productive 

 as animals which have long been possessed among us, we may 

 be induced to further, by more judicious selection, and more 

 faithful and liberal keeping, the improvement of our own native 

 stock. 



The only decisive experiment, which has come within my 

 knowledge, is that of a cow, called Belina, owned by John H. 

 Powel, Esq., Philadelphia, from whose milk, in three days in 

 May, 1827, eight pounds thirteen ounces of butter were obtain- 

 ed, which would be equal to twenty and one half pounds per 

 week. This is an extraordinary yield, but it will be perceived 

 that it was a very short trial, and that it was only an individual 

 example. It were greatly to be wished that this public spirited 

 gentleman had given the public further results of the same cow, 

 and likewise the results of similar experiments with others of his 

 noble animals. My own experience with this stock has been 

 singularly unfortunate. I have had seven of them, some full 

 blooded and others half blooded, from Ccelebs, Admiral, and 

 Denton ; and, for the quantity and quality of their milk, they 

 have been very inferior, I had almost said worthless, even under 

 every advantage of keeping and attention. I by no means, 

 however, consider my own experience as conclusive ; as I 

 know some who have been more fortunate, and 1 am myself de- 

 termined upon further trials. 



In the absence of this desirable Information respecting the pro- 

 duce of the improved Durham short liorns, I shall undertake to 

 give some examples of the produce of our native stock, which 



