54 ON MILCH COWS AND HEIFERS. 



November. She was raised in North Bridgewater. 

 This cow was hooked in the udder last winter, and 

 seriously injured, as you may notice by observing her ; 

 one part of the udder yields very little milk. 



This cow calved May 6th. In 16 successive weeks 

 from the time her calf was three weeks old, 1 made 

 from her milk 147 lbs. and 7 oz. of butter, being 

 about 9 lbs. and 4 oz. per week. The greatest quan- 

 tity in any one week was 1 1 lbs. 3 oz. Her milk is 

 uncommonly rich, 6 quarts of it making a pound of 

 butter. The butter is every way good and is re- 

 markable for coming hard every week of the season. 



During the last winter, this cow was kept the same 

 as my other cows, upon meadow hay, oat-straw, 

 stalks, &c. 



In May and June, I gave her about 4 quarts of 

 shorts daily. This is all the grain she has eaten. — 

 Since the early part of July, all my cows have been 

 fed daily with green oats, stalks, &c. This I am 

 obliged to do to keep them in tolerable condition, for 

 my pasture is cold, bushy, and poor. This cow has 

 run with the others in such a pasture. 



Daniel Putnam. 



Danvers, Sept. 27, 1837. 



R. A. MERRIAM'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee of the Essex Agricultuial Society : 



Gentlemen — The cow I offer for premium was 

 raised in Canterbury, N. H., is eight years old, had 

 six calves ; has been kept for family's use, and the 

 quantity of butter which she would have made can- 

 not be ascertained. 



Her keeping has been of the ordinary kind — good 

 pasture in the Summer, meadow hay in the Winter, 

 salt and English in the Spring. 



