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certificate of pedigree, as many as have been taken, and 

 proving to be a good milker, was sold to his brother Oakes, 

 a shoe manufacturer, to afford milk for his family. Her 

 extraordinary butter making qualities coming to the knowl- 

 edge of E. H. Derby, Esq,, one of the Trustees of the 

 Massachusetts Society, he requested Mr. Oakes, to take 

 account of Avhat she did. This was done in the year 1816 

 — when from May 17th, (when her calf was killed,) 

 to the 20th of December next following, she yielded 

 yielded sixteen pounds of butter a Aveek, on an average, 

 besides one quart of milk a day for the use of the family. 

 Of the truth of this statement there is not a shadow of 

 doubt. But it may be said, she was high fed, or she never 

 could have done this. So be it. Can it be expected of any 

 animal to create such a produce out of nothing ? Suppose 

 a cow to yield tAventy quarts of milk a day through the 

 year, how much would be the weight of the milk ? If I 

 figure right, 15,600 pounds, or nearly eight tons. Can 

 this be expected of a cow wtihout something to feed on ? 

 But the Oakes cow does not stand alone. Several others, 

 in the County of Essex, have come to my knowledge, that 

 yielded from seventeen to tAventy pounds of butter a week, 

 for several weeks together ; but none so large a quantity, 

 for so long a time, as the Oakes coav. These Avere all natives. 

 Until Avell authenticated accounts of better products can 

 be had, I will not yield the claim of our native stock for 

 their butter making qualities, to any class of horns Avhalever. 

 That the Jersey cattle afford superior milk which Avill yield 

 more butter from the same quantity, I readily admit ; but 

 that they are better stock for dairy purposes, taking into 

 vicAv quantity and quality of milk, and expense of feed 

 remains to be proved. Until proved I must beg leave to 

 doubt. 



I Of the Jersey coaa^s, so far as I have seen, I entertain an 

 exalted opinion, and believe the best chance of improving 



