ON COWS AND IIEIFEKS. 49 



V A R N HAM S P O F 1' O R D ' S S I' A T E M E N T . 



Account of Milk from one cow, commencing June 1st, 

 to Sept. 24th, inclusive. 



Butter from said cow, made during the month of June, 

 59 lbs. 11 oz. 



lbs. oz. 



Weight of milk in June, 1273 1 



" '' " July, 1028 2 



" " " Aug. 708 11 



" " " " Sept. 665 11 



Total, 3675 9 



The average number of lbs. of milk to a lb. of butter, 

 21 and 13-60. 



Said cow has had no other feed than a common pas- 

 ture from the first of June to September, and no fall 

 feed until Sept. 17th. My pastures were very short 

 li-om the first week in July to the third week in August. 

 Very respectfully yours. 



FARNHAM SPOFFORD. 

 N. Andover, Sept. 25, 1843. 



ABIEL RUSSELL'S STATEMENT 



To the Committee on. Cows and Heifers: 



Gentlemen: — I offer for premium my cow ; she is of 

 the native breed, eight years old. She calved on the 

 9th of May last, and her calf was taken from her when 

 3 days old. She has been kept during the past season 

 on nothing but common pasture feed. 1 have kept a 

 daily account of her milk ever since her calf was taken 

 from her, which is here annexed. 



Average quantity of milk per day that my cow has 

 given this season. She calved May 9th, and I began to 

 weigh the milk May 12th. 



In the month of May, 3'5^3^ lbs per day. 



" " June, 34i " '' 



" " July, 30J^ '^ " 



" -' August,, 27^-f '* " 



" " September, 28 -,V " " 



Average per day, through the season, 30 1|. 



, ABIEL RUSSELL. 



