ON MILCH COWS AND HEIFERS. 53 



butter made from her milk the last week in May, be- 

 fore going to grass, was 9 3-1 lbs. Since that time 

 the milk has been used in the family and averaged 

 from 28 to 30 lbs. per day during the Summer 

 months. Her milk is of excellent quality and will 

 yield 10 lbs. of butter per week, on grass alone. 



3. The heifer is 3 years old, native breed, was 

 raised in Lynn, Mass. She calved the first of April, 

 her first calf. She averaged 9 quarts of milk per day 

 during the three Summer months. She now gives 

 7 1-2 quarts of milk per day. Her milk is of a su- 

 perior quality, and will make 6 1-2 lbs. of butter per 

 week. 



The keeping of the cows has been as follows : — 



1. The black cow has had on average, 2 quarts of 

 meal and 1 quart shorts per day, till the season for 

 green corn stalks, which she has had daily in com- 

 mon quantity, besides going in common pasture. 



2. The red cow was fed one month before going to 

 grass, on cut feed, with 3 quarts of meal per day till 

 going to grass ; then on grass alone till the season 

 for corn stalks ; since then she has been fed regtdar- 

 ly at night with them, together with common pasture. 

 3 The heifer was fed on stalks and common pas- 

 ture. Since going to grass, the red cow and heifer 

 have had no grain whatever — have been fed togeth- 

 er — the black cow by herself. 



Respectfully, Ebenezer G. Berry. 



Danvers, Sept. 26, 1837. 



DANIEL PUTNAM'S STATEMENT. 



2' o the Conmiittee on Mikh Cows, of the Essex Agricultural Society. 



Gentlemen — I offer for premium a milch cow 

 seven years old, which I have owned only since last 



