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cut fodder as was necessary to make her feed equal to a 

 good pasture. For 1 month she was allowed 1 pint of 

 oil cake per day, and for that time only. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



CHAS. B. LANDER. 



Danvers, Sept. 26, 1843. 



SAMUEL C. JACKSON'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Coivs and Heifers: 



Gentlemen: — I have this day entered for a premium 

 a heifer two years old, of native breed. She calved on 

 the 16th of May, and her calf was taken from her on the 

 6th of June. From that period to the 25th of Septem- 

 ber she has given over 2000 lbs. of milk, making an 

 average of about 18 lbs. per day. 



She excels rather by the richness of her milk than by 

 its quantity. On the last week in June an experiment 

 w^as carefully tried to ascertain the amount of butter she 

 would make in a single week. It proved an unfavorable 

 time, as it was a w^eek of intense hot weather, and dur- 

 ing the period she was injured by cattle in company, yet 

 her milk for the week yielded 6 lbs. and 10 oz. of good 

 butter, less than 1 oz. short of a pound per day. Her 

 milk during the week varied from 19 to 22 lbs. Had 

 circumstances been ordinarily favorable, I am confident 

 she would have gone over a pound per day, and would 

 have yielded a pound of butter to 20 lbs. of milk. Her 

 mother was remarkable for the excellence of her milk, 

 and actually made an average of a pound of butter a day 

 for a period of six months, with common keeping. 



The heifer, with the exception of a fortnight, has, 

 from necessity, run on the high-ivay in a herd of 6 cows. 

 On this account she has been fed night and morning with 

 one quart of meal, which has not made her keeping equal 

 in expense or quality to grass merely in a good pasture. 



SA.MUEL C. JACKSON. 



Andover, Sept. 23, 1343. 



P. S. On the 14th of September she gave 21 lbs. and 

 10 oz. milk. On last Sabbath, 24th inst. she was in- 



