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third among the states in the number of cows per square 

 mile, and producing more than 10,000,000 pounds of butter 

 per year. The natural conditions which tend to place Con- 

 necticut in the foreground as a dairy state are her good 

 grazing lands, a soil well adapted to the growth of grasses and 

 corn, and a generous supply of pure water. These natural 

 advantages, together with the adoption of modern dairy and 

 creamery appliances, are causing Connecticut dairy products 

 to rank among the highest in the markets of the East. 



PROF. C. S. PHELPS, 



Connecticut Agricultural College. 





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PANSY 6th, 38 (JERSEY). 

 Was owned in 1867 by Silas W. Robbins, Wethersfield. 



Pansy 6th (38) was out of imported Pansy (8) and Albert 

 (44) ; was sired by Imported Jerry (15), and out of Frankie 

 (17), both first prize animals on Island of Jersey in 1864. 

 Pansy (8) was imported by John T. Norton in 1855, and I 

 bought her and all her calves but one, buying his whole herd 

 to get Pansy 6th. Without any extra feed she gave in flush 

 twenty-four quarts of milk per day. Jerry and Frankie were 

 imported by W. B. Dinsmore in 1865. I am sure no better 

 animals ever left the Island of Jersey than Pansy (8) and 

 Frankie. The pictures are very fine likenesses. 



Yours truly, S. W. ROBBINS. 



