80 MILCII COWS. 



sirable for a family Cow to have one that will give milk all the yoar, 

 but upon a farm, either for making butter or selling milk, if we can 

 have the same amount of milk in eight months as in twelve, Ave 

 sohuld prefer the Cow that would give it in eight months, and go 

 dry the other four months, for the expense of feeding is less when 

 dry. 



In the statements which we have of the Cows exhibited, the 

 owners have said but little of the quality of the milk, a point that 

 needs more attention from those farmers who make butter. 



We have often heard the remark that a Cow gives good milk be- 

 cause she had a fat calf. Our experience has led us to think that 

 the calf is no criterion by which we may judge of the butter qualities 

 oftheCow, for we have known many Cows that had fat calves 

 which made but httle butter. If any one will carefully notice the 

 milk in a lactometer, he will find a great difference in the appear- 

 ance of the milk of different Cows after the cream has risen ; one 

 may have a thick yellow cream and the milk at the bottom will be 

 thin, and nearly as blue as the sky, while another may give but 

 little cream and the milk will be near the same color. Thus we see 

 that the milk of a Cow may be good for fattening the calf and for 

 family use, and yet not raise a thick cream, and hence we see that 

 there is some truth in the remark which we sometimes hear, ' that 

 my Cow's skimmed milk is about as good as my neighbor's new milk.' 

 It is only by careful attention to these points, that we can select and 

 rear a stock of Cows that will be adapted to our wants. 



WM. R. PUTNAM, Chairman. 



JOHN PERKINS' STATEMENT. 



I present for examination, a Cow of native breed, five years old. 

 I have owned this Cow three years. She had her third calf the 

 19th day of last March. Since that time up to the present she has 

 given 2484 quarts of milk. I have measured her milk morning 

 and night, as I sold it to my neighbors. Her milk is of good qual- 

 ity. Her feed has been good hay and eight quarts of shorts per 

 day; when turned out to graa*, 4 quarts of shorts per day. 



In June, she gave 15 quarts per day ; she now gives 10 quarts 



