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From Nov. 2 to Nov. 11, 1879, she gave 174^ quarts of 

 very rich milk. We did not measure her milk again until 

 June 6, 1880, but should judge she did not vary from that 

 amount through the winter. 



Then ten days succeeding June 6, 1880, she gave 167 qts. 

 It has always been difficult to dry her ; could milk her up to the 

 time of calving if I chose. Her feed last winter was English 

 and Salt hay, with two quarts of Indian meal and four quarts 

 of fine feed daily. 



Through the summer she ran in a poor pasture with the 

 same amount of grain as in winter. 



STATEMENT OF JAMES GUSHING. 



The cow named Maggie was dropped the first of April, 1875. 

 She has had three heifer calves. At her first milking she 

 gave 14 qts. of milk per day, and at the milking after her last 

 calf she gave between 18 and 20 qts. of milk per day. 



The heifer named Julia was dropped in July, 1876. She 

 has had two heifer calves and has given over 16 qts. of milk 

 per day. 



The heifer 2| years old, named Nell, was dropped in the 

 year 1877. She has had one calf, in May, and gave 14 qts. of 

 milk per day at the first milking. 



Maggie, Julia and Nell are sisters. Their dam was one of 

 the best cows in the city of Lynn. 



STATEMENT OF CHARLES J. PEABODY. 



To the Committee on Milch Cows : 



Gentlemen : — I enter for the special premium offered for 

 the best Milch cow of any age or breed, with the record of 

 milk for one or more years, my cow " Star." She is ten years 

 old, is grade Jersey, and has given from Sept. 25, 1879, to 

 Sept. 25, 1880, three thousand four hundred and eighty-four 

 qts. of milk (3,484). 



She last calved July 18, 1879; she gave from that date, or 

 rather from July 21, when I began to measure it, to Sept. 25, 



