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STATEMENT OF ALFRED M. TRASK. 



To the Committee on Milch Cows : — 



I enter for your consideration a native dark red cow, 8 years 

 old, for the special premium of ^525, for her daily yield of 

 milk for one year. She calved May 15, 1879, and dropped her 

 next calf May 22, 1880, and is due to calve again, May 15, 

 1881. 



From the time she calved to June 12, 1879, she was fed no 

 grain, but a good pasture, and from June 12 to Aug. 15, 1879, 

 she was fed one quart of meal and one quart of shorts twice a 

 day, scalded and covered up, and fed cold after standing 12 

 .hours. From Aug. loth, 1879, she was turned into fall feed 

 and fed no more grain till taken to the barn ; then she was fed 

 all the English hay and rowen she would eat with one quart of 

 meal and one quart of shorts prepared as before. She was 

 watered twice a day, and if the weather was very cold, I put in 

 hot water enough to take the chill off. Her yield was : 

 From May 19 to May 31, 250^ qts., an average of 19^^^ qts. a day. 



5368 qts., an average of 14f|| qts. a day 

 for 365 days. 



Almost 15 qts. a day for one year. She was fed no grain 

 from the first of March, and fed on the poorest hay I had and 

 the orts taken from the other cow, as I wanted to dry her ; 

 she kept on giving milk but lost her flesh, and in March I 

 milked her but once a day and watered her once a day. 10.20 

 qts. of milk makes 14 ounces of butter. She is now giving 

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