ON MILCH COWS AND HEIFERS. 67 



R. H. chandler's state ]\i en r. 



To the Committee on Milch Cows. 



Gentlemen — The heifers that I offer to your 

 notice, are three years old. I purchased them from 

 a drove, April 15th, 1839, for twenty-one dollars 

 each; they were then low in flesh, and as they gave 

 milk till April, and calved the present season in 

 June, and have had no extra keeping, are not in so 

 good case as they ought to be. Speck calved June 

 5th; we began to milk her the last of the month; — 

 the weight of her milk in the best of the season was 

 seventeen to eighteen pounds a day; she gave a 

 good mess through autumn and winter; we milked 

 her till the 5th April; she calved the present season, 

 June 28th; we began to milk her, 10th of July; 

 she gave, in the best of the season, from twenty to 

 twenty-one pounds; she now gives sixteen to seven- 

 teen pounds per day. Rolla calved June 24th, and 

 gave eighteen to twent}' pounds, the best of the 

 season. She did not do as w^ell through autumn and 

 the first part of winter; the latter part of the time 

 she did well ; we milked her till 20th April; she 

 calved the present season 20th June; she gave in 

 the best of the season twenty one to twenty two 

 pounds per day; she now gives thirteen to fourteen 

 pounds per day. We have set the milk, part of 

 each, so we are satisfied that it is of good quality. 

 They suffered in the dry part of the season, both for 

 feed and water. They have had no new feed this 

 autumn. 



Yours in esteem, 



RALPH H. CHANDLER. 



Andover, September 30, 1840. 



