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"Native Stock," which is a mixture, of no certain origin ; but in 

 which the Devon race greatly preponderates. 



Some cows, which have been owned in Essex, have probably 

 never been exceeded, for their dairy produce, by any in any part of 

 the country. The Oakes cow, owned in Danvers, made in 1813, 

 180 lbs. of butter; in 1814, 300 lbs.; in 1815, over 400 lbs.; in 

 1816, 484^ lbs. At the same time the family reserved one quart of 

 milk per day for their own use ; and she suckled four calves four 

 weeks each in the course of those years. She made in one week 

 19.^ lbs. butter; and she averaged over 16 lbs. of butter per week 

 for three months in succession. 



The Nourse cow, owned in North Salem, made 20 lbs. of butter 

 in one week ; and averaged 14 lbs. butter per week for four suc- 

 cessive months. 



The Haverhill heifer, two to three years old, produced 14 lbs. of 

 butter in a week after her calf was killed at six weeks old ; and more 

 than 18 lbs. of butter in the ten days after her calf was killed. 

 These cows were all of native stock. 



The largest amount of milk given in one day by the Oakes cow, 

 is 44j lbs. In the case of the two first cows, they were fed in the 

 most liberal manner with meal and their own skim milk. In the 

 case of the heifer, the feed was grass and pumpkins. 



I subjoin a list of a few other cows in the county, whose yield is 

 well authenticated. 



1. Cow owned by John Barr, in Salem. 



In 274 days the weight of milk was 7611 lbs. 



1822. No. of quarts, beer measure, 2965^. 



1823. In 268 days, weight of milk was 7517 lbs. 

 No. of quarts, beer measure, 2923. 



The sales from this cow, including the calf at 5 dollars and milk at 

 5 cents per quart, in 1822, was $153.25. In 1823, $151.15. 



2. Cow. John Stone, Marblehead. From June to October 

 this cow averaged 1 1 lbs. of butter per week. 



3. Cow. N. Pierce, Salem. 3,528 quarts milk per year, — 

 nearly 10 quarts per day. 



4. Jeremiah Stickney, Rowley. 19 quarts daily ; calf at six 

 weeks old weighed 196 lbs. — gain 2^ lbs. per day. 



