50 ON cows AND HEIFERS. 



N. A. PRENTISS'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Coios and Heifers : 



Gentlemen: — I o(fer for exhibition my cow and calf. 

 The cow is 3 years and five months old; she calved the 

 13th of April, from which time until the last of July, she 

 gave 9} quarts of milk per day. June and July we 

 made five pounds of butter per week, after using daily 2 

 quarts of milk and likewise cream for various purposes. 

 In August she gave 8 quarts, and we made 4 pounds of 

 butter; she now gives 7 quarts per day. She gave, 

 three weeks previous to calving, 3 quarts per day, when 

 it was judged expedient to dry her up. Her milk con- 

 tains an unusual quantity of cream, and her keeping has 

 been a fair pasture. The calf is 5 months and 7 days 

 old, and feeds upon hay and grass. 



N. A. PRENTISS. 



Andover, Sept. 27, 1843. 



P. S. The cow is a mixture of the native and Durham 

 breed, and has had no feed except what the pasture af- 

 forded. 



CHARLES B. LANDER'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Cows and Heifers : 



Gentlemen: — I off'er for exhibition and premium my 

 two years old heifer, native breed; she was raised by 

 myself, and has always been fed well, but never forced. 

 She calved upon the 23d June, and the calf was taken 

 from her at a week old. Her milk was measured and 

 she gave 10 quarts (large) of strained milk per day, for 

 a week or more ; at the end of a fortnight was measured 

 again, gave a pint more than at the first measuring; and 

 at different times since then she has given 5 and 6 quarts 

 at a milking; once we got 12 qts from her, but as I do 

 not wish to make her appear more than what she is re- 

 ally entitled to, should say 10 qts. per day is a correct 

 average; the quality remarkably good; as her milk is 

 sold, I had no opportunity of testing her value as a but- 

 ter cow. Her feed has been pasture, and as much green 



