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" Susie F. Shepard " (7 yrs. old), milk record, Sept., 1899 

 to Sept., 1900, 12,775 lbs. 



" Myra W. Shepard " (6 yrs. old), milk record, Sept. 1, 

 1899 to Sept. 1, 1900, 8,250 lbs. 



"Betz 2d Fairfax'' (4 yrs. old), milk record, Feb. 8 to 

 Sept. 8, 1900, 5,760 lbs. 



FEED AND CARE. 



The winter feed consisted of dry hay, corn and oat fod- 

 der, with from 8 to 10 qts. grain per day : four parts bran, . 

 three parts gluten or corn meal, one part cotton seed meal; 

 fed and watered twice a day ; turned to pasture in sum- 

 mer ; grain ration reduced about one-third, and fed twice a 

 day in barn, excepting in month of June, with green oats 

 or sweet corn fodder. 



REPORT OF THOMAS E. PROCTOR'S HERD OF JERSEY COWS. 



Amount of milk for one year for the following cows . — 

 Dolly ToodlesS 5.2 % Butterfat, 5,557 lbs., 12 dz. 



Bydoz Pogis, 

 Brown Bessie 4th ^ 

 Sophie Hudson 2d, 

 Brown Bessie^ 16th, 

 Xmas Fancy Gold, 



Feed from Sept. 1st, 1899 to May 20th, 1900 :— 5 qts. 

 grain per day, consisting of equal parts corn and cob meal 

 and ground oats, with two feeds of corn fodder and one of 

 hay each day. This was sometimes varied, giving two 

 feeds of hay and one of corn fodder. From Nov. 1st, *99 to 

 Apr. 1st, 1900, about a peck of cow beets each day were 

 given. From May 20th to July 20th, pasture ; no grain, 

 no green feed. From July 20th to Sept. 1, above grain 

 ration and corn ,fodder in addition to pasture. 



