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Wm. W. Watson's Statement. 



The Heifer I offer for premium is a three-year-old : 

 breed, part Durham, Ayrshire and Devon; time of hxst 

 calving, April 19th, 1856; time of next calving, 

 March 27th, 1857; kept with ten cows; food, in sum- 

 mer good pasturing; drove a mile to pasture, night and 

 morning; weight of milk first 7 days in June, 196 lbs. 

 4 ounces; the first 7 days in September, she gave 

 177 lbs. 4 oz; the first 7 days in June, made 12 1-4 lbs. 

 of butter; the first 7 days in September, made 10 lbs. 

 10 ounces of butter. 



Joel Page's Statement. 



My three-years-old Heifer, Spot, which I offer for you 

 to examine, calved May 4th, 1856; and is to calve 

 April 19th, 1857: her calf when 4 weeks and 5 days 

 old, weighed 27 pounds per quarter; the yield of her 

 milk in 7 days, commencing June 7th, was 194 1-2 lbs; 

 the first 7 days in September it was 137 lbs; her feed, 

 when tried in June, was one quart of cob-meal per 

 day, and pasture; in September, pasture and green- 

 corn once a day. 



ErHRAiM Crocker's Statement. 



The Heifer which I offer, was 2 years old the 27th of 

 last April ; her breed is 1-4 Ayrshire, 1-4 Devonshire, 

 and 1-2 Native. She gave the first week in June 

 191 1-4 lbs. milk; the first week in September, 142 lbs; 



