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STATEMENT OF WM. A. RUSSELL. 



To the Committee on Heifers, first class: — - 



I offer for premium tlie following heifers under four years 

 old and giving milk. 



"Belle Fairfax," 2 years and 9 months old. 



"Fanny Noble," 2 years and 6 months old. 



Both are thorough-breds and are numbered in the herd 

 book 1117 and 1114 respectively. 



"Belle Fairfax," calved August 25th, 1882, and has a record 

 for the first 24 days in September of 811 pounds, an average 

 of 33 79-100 pounds per day. 



"Fanny Noble," calved September 17th, 1882, and has a 

 record for five days ending with September 24th, of 198 

 pounds, 38 60-100 pounds per day. 



They run at pasture and are fed in t!ie morning with four 

 quarts of shorts, and at evening with two quarts of cotton-seed 

 meal ; they get green corn-fodder also, morning and evening, 

 and are milked three times each day. 



I also enter for premium for "heifers one year old and up- 

 ward, never calved" the following: — 



"Lady Shepard," 18 months old. 

 "Emma Clay," 16 months old. 

 Also for heifer calves under one year old : — 

 "Lady Royal," 6 months old. 

 "Mabel Marion" 6 months old. 



The four heifers above are all thorough-bred from choice 

 imported stock. 



STATEMENT OF THOMAS SANDERS. 



To the Committee on Heifers : 



"Birch Brow," No. 16,305, dropped her calf, "Birch Brow 

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

 Col. H. S: Russell's Home Farm, Milton, to be served by 

 Pedro, July 22d, 1882, 18 pounds of milk per diem, on 

 ensilage with four quarts of shorts and one feed of hay while 

 in the barn, and ordinary pasture after May 26th, witliout 

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