37 



Their milk record, which was determined by weighing and 



recorded "at each milking, is as follows : 



"Maid Marion," from March 6 to Sept. 1, 178 days, 8924 lbs 



"Cathrena," " March 1 to Sept. 1, 



"Margo," " March 8 to Sept. 1, 



"Maud Clay," " Nov. 1, '81 to Aug. 1, '82, 



"Maud Fairfax," " Jan. 1, '82 to June 1, '82, 



"Jennie Clay," " April 16 to Sept. 1, '82, 



"Lady Noble," " Mch. 27 to Sept. 1, '82, 



"Bessie" " Sept. 16, '81 to Feb. 17, '82, 



"Sally," " April 1, '82 to Sept. 1, '82, 



"Georgia," " March 31, '82 to Sept. 1, '82, 153 



"Dido," " Aug. 25, '82 to Sept. 25, '82, 



1744 65,011 



An average of 37 29-100 pounds per day, 



Their winter feed has been eight quarts of shorts and four 

 of corn and cob meal each day, while in the barn, and the sum- 

 mer feed, besides pasture, has been two quarts of cotton seed 

 meal up to the first of July; after that two quarts of cotton 

 seed and four of shorts, the latter being given in the morning 

 and the cotton seed meal at night. They have also had in 

 winter time some roots, dry fodder (hay and corn fodder), once 

 each day and one feeding of ensilage. During the low pas- 

 turage of this summer they have had either hay or corn-fodder 

 morning and night. In winter they are watered twice each 

 day after feeding; and they are milked at 5 A. M. and 6 P. M. 

 regularly the year round. 



STATEMENT OF THOMAS SANDERS. 



To the Committee on Herd of Milch Coivs : — 

 I enter for premium, Herd of Milch cows, thorough-bred 



Jersey, "Birch Brow", No 16,305; "Lady Birch," No. 16,307; 



" Nellie Birch," No. 15,618 ; " Idex 3d," No. 13,708 : "Decca 



3d," No. 5531 ; " Nina 2d," No. 2557. 



" Birchbrow," No, 16,305, dropped her calf, "Birchbrow, 



2d,"* April 30th, 1882, and gave from that time, until sent to 



