u 



Hungarian Hay, with two buckets of Mangel Wurtzels per 

 day ; " no grain." This summer she has run in a common 

 pasture with fifteen cows, and at night fed with corn fodder. 



STATEMENT OF A. P. & R. ALLEY. 



To the Committee on Milch Cows : — 



We enter for premium our milch cow Mary, of Ayrshire and 

 Short Horn blood, eleven years old ; calved March 27, 1878 ; 

 began measuring her milk April 1. 



Record of her milk. 



527 quarts. 

 . 536 



April, 



May, . 



June, 



July, . 



August, 



September, 



October, . 



November, 



December, 



January, 



657 

 618 

 569 

 523 

 432 

 329 

 272 

 203 



4666 



a 



ii 



n 



a 



a 



a 



a 



a 



a 



a 



Her feed for April and May was two bushels of carrots and 

 mangolds mixed, and plenty of good hay. 



From June 1 to July 25, pasture and three quarts meal and 

 three quarts of shorts a day. 



From July 25 to Oct. 1, two bushels of small potatoes a day 

 and pasture. 



From October to middle of November, two bushels of squash 

 a day and pasture. 



From middle of November to end of year, two bushels tur- 

 nips, English hay and rowen. 



STATEMENT OP G. C. NOYES. 



One Grade Ayrshire Cow, eight years old, her Dam 3-4 Ayr- 



