ON MILCH COWS AND HEIFERS. 63 



EBEN UPTON'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Milch Cows and Heifers. 



Gentlemen, — I exhibit for premium my red cow, 

 nine years old. She came in to milk on the 10th of 

 last April ; the calf was allowed all the milk she would 

 suck for four weeks, (then taken off to raise,) during 

 which time and up to the 20th of May, I sold 1 3 gal- 

 lons of milk, and churned 19 lbs. of butter. From 

 the 20th of May, to the 1st of July, inclusive, [42 

 days] she gave 1838 pounds of milk, an average of 

 43 I pounds per day, from which, after using what 

 was wanted in the family, 66 lbs. of butter, were 

 made. From the 1st of July to the 20th of the pres- 

 ent month 90 lbs. of butter were made. Quantity 

 of milk used in the family, one quart daily. Whole 

 quantity of butter made during the season, 1 75 lbs.; 40 

 lbs. of which, made in the month of June, are in the 

 Hall of the Society. The Committee will notice that 

 milk is obtained from three teats only, the other she 

 cut with one of her hoofs in 1837, on the day she 

 brought a calf. Unfortunately the gash could not be 

 healed, and the milk runs to waste. Keeping, ordina- 

 ry grass feed. 



1 also exhibit for premium and for the notice of your 

 Committee, a heifer, sixteen months old, from the a- 

 bove described cow. She was taken from her mother 

 when two days old, and turned away to pasture with 

 a cow that gave four quarts of milk daily, and weaned 

 when 3 1-2 months old. Her keeping during the 

 winter, was English hay and occasionally a little meal; 

 the present season, common pasture feed. 



Respectfully yours, EBEN UPTON. 



Danvers, Sept 26, 1839. 



