MILCH KINE. 27 



Statement of J. P. Reed. 

 To the Committee on Milcli Kine : 



Gentlemen : — I offer for premium one herd of four cows, aged res- 

 pectively, one four years, one five, and two six years each, all of them 

 are a part Holderness breed. Their produce at the June trial was 

 96*2 lbs. of milk. Their keeping only pasture feed. Their produce 

 Sept. trial was 783^ lbs. of milk. Keeping, pasture feed, with an 

 addition of corn fodder twice a day. 



I also offer for premium for butter, one cow seven years old. Hol- 

 derness breed. Her produce in butter at the June trial was 11^ lbs. 

 at the rate of 13;^ lbs. per week. Sept. trial 9j^g lbs. Keeping as 

 before stated. 



The cow which I offer for premium for milk, is six years old. Hol- 

 derness breed in part. Weight of milk, June trial, 279 lbs.; Sept. 

 trial 225-^ lbs. Keeping same as the others. 



I offer for premium, one heifer, three years old. Grade Holderness, 

 for milk. Her milk, June trial, weighed 228^ lbs. Sept. trial, 180 

 lbs. Keeping as before stated. 



J. P. REED. 



Princeton, Sept. 18th, 1867. 



Augustus Gates'' Statement. 

 To the Committee on Milch Kine : 



I offer one cow nine years old for the best milch cow. She gave in 

 June 294 lbs. in six days. Breed Native. Sept. she gave, in six 

 days, 225 lbs. milk, Also, I offer a herd of four cows for milk. 

 Breed Native. Grey-face, seven years old ; she gave in June in six 

 days 282 lbs. of milk. Sept. she gave 2]0 lbs. One cow eight 

 years old, Star ; she gave in June 275 lbs. In Sept 180 lbs. milk. 

 One cow four years old, Star -, gave in June 240 lbs. In Sept. 165 

 lbs. milk. One cow four years old. Red; gave in June 225 lbs. In 

 Sept. 180 lbs. milk. Their keeping in June, common pasture. In 

 Sept., fodder corn night and morning. 



AUGUSTUS GATES. 

 North Leominster, Sept 16th, 1867. 



