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hay, each night and morning. I made a practice of feeding 

 in the barn during the summer, on account of not having 

 sufficient pasture for my herd of milch cows. 



STATEMENT OF WILLIAM A. EUSSELL. 



To the Committee on Milch Coius: 



I enter for the premium on thorough-bred Holstein, four 

 year old and upwards, " Jennie Clay,'" No. 341, and " Lady 

 Noble," No. 360. 



" Jennie Clay " is four years and six months old. She 

 dropped her last calf April 13th, 1882, and is due to calve 

 Feb. 31st, 1883. Milk record from April 16th to Sept. 1st, 

 1882, is as follows: 



April, 14 days, 735 lbs. 



May, 31 days, 1223 lbs. 



June, 30 days, 1128 lbs. 



July, 31 days, 930 lbs. 



August, 31 days, 829 lbs. 



137 days, 4845 lbs. 



An average of 35 35-100 pounds per day. 



" Lady Noble " is four years and six months old. She 

 dropped her last calf March 20, 1882, and is due to calve 

 Jan. 13th, 1883. Milk record from April 1st to Sept. 1st, 

 1882, is as follows : 



April, 30 days, 1372 lbs. 

 May, 31 days, 1239 lbs. 

 June, 30 days, 1000 lbs. 

 July, 31 days, 956 lbs. 

 August, 31 days, 813 lbs. 



153 days, 5380 lbs. 



An average of 35 16-100 pounds per day. 

 The feed of each cow has been one peck of shorts and four 

 quarts of corn and cob meal in the winter, together with one 



