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meal and four quarts of shorts have also been fed daily. The 

 eleven cows have given during the month, 5973 pounds of milk. 



May, Feed the same as in April, except that after the 20th, 

 they had no hay or grain, but only grass. The eleven cows 

 gave 6378 pounds of milk during the month. 



June. Feed, grass. The eleven cows have given 6166 

 pounds of milk during the month. 



July, Feed, grass. The eleven cows have given 4518 pounds 

 of milk during the month. 



August. Feed, grass. The eleven cows have given 4291 

 pounds of milk during the month. 



September. Feed, corn fodder after coming from the pas- 

 ture, and in addition, one peck of windfall Baldwin apples, 

 daily. The eleven cows gave 4383 pounds of milk during 

 the month. 



October. Feed, same as last month. The eleven cows 

 have given 3848 pounds of milk during the month. 



November. Feed in the field till the 22d ; after, salt hay, 

 corn and oat fodder, and 2 quarts cob meal and 4 quarts 

 shorts, daily. The eleven cows gave 3563 pounds of milk in 

 the month. 



December. Feed, hay as last month, with two quarts cob 

 meal, 4 quarts of shorts and 1 quart cotton seed meal daily. 

 The eleven cows gave 4638 pounds milk in the month. 



January, 1882. Feed same as last month. The eleven 

 cows have given 4843 pounds of milk in the month. 



February. Feed same as last month, except that they have 

 had 2 quarts of cob and 2 quarts cotton seed meal daily. The 

 eleven cows have given 4921 quarts of milk during the month. 



March. Feed same as last month, with the exception of an 

 addition of a feed of rowen, daily. The eleven cows have given 

 6244 lbs. of milk in the month. 



Total number of pounds of milk given by each cow, for the 

 year ending April 1, 1882 :— Cow No. 1, 5133 lbs.; No. 2, 

 5220 lbs.; No. 3, 5546 lbs.; No. 4, 4993 lbs.; No, 5, 5908 lbs.; 



