16 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



Statement of Augustus Whitman. 



FiTCHBURG; September 21, 1870. 



Mr. Walter A. Eames, Secretary. 



Dear Sir, — I hand you herewith my entry of Short Horns for 

 the coming show, also statements of the milking capacities of some 

 of the herd. 



The mode of keep and feeding, of which mention is made in 

 several of the statements, can be told in a few words. 



All milch cows are treated substantially alike. In winter they 

 are fed, twice a day, a bushel of steamed feed made from hay, 

 straw and corn stover, and once with long dry hay. Of grain they 

 have the equivalent of four quarts shorts and two quarts of meal. 

 This is varied, and is found in corn meal, cotton seed meal, ground 

 oats and shorts. 



In summer, until this year, they have been soiled on clover, gi-ain, 

 oats and fodder corn. This year they have had but one grain feed 

 per day, the others having been, one of dry hay and one steamed 

 mess. Grain is given to cows in milk the same as in winter. My 

 cows have never done better at the pail until the drouth compelled 

 driving a long distance to water, than the present season, nor shown 

 better condition. 



Yours truly, 



AUGUSTUS WHITMAN. 



SENORA OF FAIRVIEW. 



Bred in Kentucky; dropped her last calf January 16, 1870. 

 This milk record commences five months after calving. In June, 

 fifteen days (16 to 30th) 412 lbs., average 27 47-100 lbs. per day. 

 In July, thirty-one days, 779 lbs., average 25 13-lOOlbs. per day. 

 In August, thirty-one days, 641f lbs., average 20 70-100 lbs. per 

 day. In September, fifteen days, 257 lbs., average 17 13-100 lbs. 

 per day. Total for ninety-two days, 2089| lbs. ; average 

 22 71-100 per day. She has been kept in barn upon the usual 

 winter feed, excev)ting one feed per day of fodder corn ; of grain, 

 four quarts shorts and two quarts of corn and cotton-seed meal 

 mixed. 



wenonah. 



Four years old; calved March 27, 1870. In April, thirty days, 

 11971 lbs., average 39 91-100 lbs. per day. In May, thirty-one 



