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are well vouched, and many of which have come under my own 

 observation. They may serve at least as matter of entertain- 

 ment, if not of useful instruction. 



1. A cow owned by C. Oakes, Danvers, Mass. 1816. 



In 1813, made - - 180 lbs. butter. 



1814, " - - 300 « « 



1815, « - - - over 400 " « 



1816, « - - 484^ « « 

 In one week this cow produced 19^ lbs butter, and av- 

 eraged sixteen pounds per week for more than three 

 months. 



2. A cow owned by Nath'l Nourse, Salem, Mass., 1824, and 

 afterwards by Col. Pickering. 



This cow made upwards of twenty pounds one week, 

 and averaged over fourteen pounds per week for four 

 months. 



3. Cow Wheeler, Framingham, Mass., 1821. 



Eleven lbs. butter in one week. 13 beer quarts at one 

 milking. 



4. Cow— N. Sanderson, Waltham, Mass., 1829. 



Thirteen and one half lbs. butter per week through the 

 season, on an average. 



5. Cow— John Barr, Salem, Mass., 1S23. 



Average yield for two hundred and sixty eight days, 

 lOf beer quarts per day, 



6. Cow — John Stone, Marblehead, Mass., 1823. 



From June to October, averaged eleven lbs. butter per 

 week. 



7. Cow— Luke Fisk, Waltham, Mass., 1824. 



Made 12 lbs. butter per week. 



8. Cow— George H. Hardy, Waltham, Mass., 1826. 



Averaged, for four months, eleven lbs. and three quarters 

 per week. 



9. Cow— Rev. John White, Dedham, Mass., 1826. 



Gave 12 lbs. butter six weeks in succession — one week, 

 12 lbs. 13 oz. — 3 months, averaged 10^^ lbs. per week — 

 gave 18 quarts milk per day, at times. 



