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wlien the record of the year begins, eight hundred and sixty 

 quarts. 



This cow I have owned several years and always regarded 

 her as one of the best in my herd, but have kept no record of 

 her yield until the past year. Seeing in Mr. French's remarks, 

 as published in the last annual report of our Society, that two 

 thousand quarts is named as a fair yearly amount, I felt inter- 

 ested to report the account of my cows, and find the record of 

 this one as follows : 



Sept. 25 to Oct. 25, 12 qts. per day, 360 qts. 



Oct. 25 to Nov. 25, 



Nov. 25 to Dec. 25, 



Dec. 25 to Jan. 25, 



Jan. 25 to Feb. 25, 



Feb. 25 to March 25, 10 



Mch. 25 to Apr. 25, 



Apr. 25 to May 25, 



May 25 to June 25, 



June 25 to July 25, 



July 25 to Aug. 25, 



Aug. 25 to Sept. 25, 



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Total amount for the year, 



3,484 qts. 



Her keeping has been what the committee on herds of Milch 

 Cows at the show last year called poor, but it is as good or 

 better than the average in my section of the county ; being in 

 summer, good pasture, with corn fodder when the feed is dry, 

 and in winter a mixture of salt, meadow and English hay witli 

 some corn-stalks, and five quarts of cob meal per day ; she 

 has also had three quarts of meal per day since the 15th of 

 July last. The milk is measured daily, and the above is a 

 correct account of the amount of strained milk. 



P. S. I have omitted to mention the manner of feeding. 

 The winter feed is given at five meals, — hay first, at 6 A. M.; 

 1 bush, cut corn-stalks, wet, and 2 qts. of meal added, at 8 



