BRISTOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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Weight of Milk. 



1848. May, 1301 lbs. 8 oz. Average per day 42 lbs. nearly. 

 June, 1364 " " " 45tV?t lbs. 



July, 1187 " " " 



Aug. 1028 " " " 



Sept. 963 '' 8 oz.. 



QO 29 U 

 QQ 16 (.1 

 Q9 1 1 <« 



5844 lbs. 



Average per day for 5 months, or 153 days, 38 lbs. and a 

 fraction. Largest quantity any day, 50 lbs. 



Milk was used liberally in the family, and the butter made 

 from the cow, from the 10th of May to the 25 th of September, 

 was as follows : — 



May, 

 June, 

 July, 

 Aug., 

 Sept., 



31 lbs. 8 oz. 

 42 " 8 " 

 39 " 

 31 " 8 " 



27 " 8 " 



Total, 



172 lbs. 



For the treatment of the cow, I refer to the certificate. The 

 cow is with calf by Randall's Ayrshire bull, Baldwin^ from 

 28th August. She gave 6 quarts of milk four weeks before she 

 dropped her calf, and was dried with difficulty. 



2. Heifer, Jane Eyre, from Jenny Lhid, and a bull supposed 



to be part Ayrshire, pedigree not known; 18 months old 

 16th Sept. 1848— with calf by Randall's Ayrshire bull, 

 Baldwin, from 14th August. 



3. Heifer calf, Lily^ born 25th April, 1848. Mother, Jen7iy 



Lind ; father, Randall's full-blooded Ayrshire. 



This calf sucked but once or twice, and was fed on skim 

 milk, from a few days old, and turned to grass when about 3 

 months old. 



