38 ON MILCH COWS AND HEIFERS. 



find it to be correct. It forcibly illustrates the im- 

 portance of selecting animals of the best quality. 

 The difference between keeping good animals and 

 poor ones is, that one are profitable and the other 

 are not. 



J. W. P. 



JOSIAH CROSBYS STATE IMENT. 



To the Committee on Milch Cows. 



Gentlemen — I have entered for p:cemium the cow 

 Countess, and her calf. The cow is a native, has 

 been fed entirely upon hay and grass. Averages 

 about sixteen quarts of milk per day ; and her milk 

 contains an uncommon quantity of cream. Her calf 

 is five weeks and four days old, was sired by the 

 Durham hull. Wye Comet, from the celebrated stock 

 of Hon. John Welles, of Dorchester. The sire of 

 the bull Wye Comet was sold to Mr. Woodbridge 

 and others, by Hare Powell, for five hundred dollars. 

 The calf has fed entirely upon the milk of the cow. 



Which facts are respectfully submitted by 

 Your obedient servant, 



JOSIAH CROSBY. 



Andover, Sept. 20, 1840. 



MR. AV E L L E S S LETTER, 



George Hood, Esq. 



Dear Sir — It is now about forty years since I be- 

 gan the raising of cattle. The Hon. James Bow- 

 doin, my neighbor at Dorchester, purchased of Stew- 

 art, the painter, a cow, given Mr. S. by Bakewell or 



