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whicli only feeds it with manure previously strained tBrongli a crop of 

 potatoes, followed by corn and grain, and as a final curse, turns the 

 cows upon the mowing fields in October and November, to starve upon 

 dead stubble that affords no nutriment to the animal, but deprives the 

 grass of that natural protection which is one of the best guaranties of 

 a succeeding crop. 



JABEZ FISHER, Chairman. 



Statement of J. P. Reed. 



To the Committee on Milch Kine : 



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

 spectively, four, five, six and seven years, grade Holderness breed. 

 Their produce in milk, at the June trial, was 984 lbs., their keeping 

 only pasture feed. At the September trial it was 756 lbs., their keep- 

 ing, in addition to pasture, was two bundles of corn fodder and one qt. 

 of Indian meal each, per day. Time of last calving, as follows ; 4- 

 years-old, March 24th, 1868; 5-years-old, March 30th, 1868; 6-years- 

 old, April, 1867 ; 7-years-old, March 25th, 1868. 



I also offer for premium one milch cow, age, seven years, breed, 

 grade Holderness. She gave at June trial, 314 lbs. of milk ; in Sep- 

 tember (six days,) 234 lbs of milk, keeping as before stated . Time of 

 last calving, April 8th, 1868. 



I also offer for premium one cow for butter, aged seven years, breed 

 mixed. She produced in six days (June trial,) ten lbs. of butter; in 

 September (six days,) seven and one-fourth lbs. Time of last calving, 

 February 11th, 1868, keeping as before stated. 



I offer another cow, 8 years old, Holderness breed, for premium for 

 butter. Her produce in butter in six days, in June, was eleven lbs. 

 fourteen ounces; at September trial, ten and one-fourth lbs., keeping 

 as above stated. Time of last calving, February 29th, 1868. 



I offer one heifer, age, three years, breed, grade Holderness, for 

 premium as a milk heifer. She gave, first six days in June, 240 lbs. 

 of milk; corresponding days in September, 192 lbs., keeping as has 

 been stated. Time of last calving. May 8th, 1868. 



My cows have always been milked in the stable, and almost without 

 exception, by the same persons ; time of milking, has been very uni- 

 form. They have remained in the stable every night, and all the feed 

 they have had in addition to pasture has been given to them there. 



J. P. REED. 



Princeton, Sept. 21st, 1868. 



