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fore difficult to adjust the proportions. A variety of circumstances 

 likewise would affect in some degree, the result, as whether the milk 

 was taken at the beginning or the last part of the milking ; and how 

 long the cows had been in milk from the time of calving ; and what 

 was the kind of feed given them at the time of the experiment. Still, 

 I have quoted the result, as under any circumstances, showing by 

 comparison the extraordinary product of the cream-pot breed. 



4. Dairy and soiling in Waltham, Middlesex Co. — 

 There is another case of dairy management upon a small scale, which, 

 though occurring in another county, and that not a grazing county, is 

 of so remarkable a character, that it will be highly interesting in this 

 connexion. The authority upon which it rests is unquestionable. It 

 shows particularly what may be accomplished by proper management, 

 in locations, which are comparatively unfavorable ; and by means 

 within the reach of individuals, whose possessions may be very re- 

 stricted. 



In Waltham, Middlesex Co., a gentleman had four cows ; but not 

 a rod of ground, which could be appropriated to pasturage. These 

 animals were, therefore, never out of the barn or the barn-yard ; and 

 were fed with grass mown for them ; with green corn fodder, which 

 had been sown broadcast for this purpose ; and with about three 

 pints of meal each per day. The amount of their produce was kept 

 for thirteen weeks. Two of these animals were heifers of two years 

 old, who had calves the same spring ; and the whole milk of one of 

 them was taken by her calf during six weeks out of the thirteen. 

 Some of the milk of the other was taken for family use, but the quan- 

 tity not determined. Under these circumstances, these heifers could 

 not be rated as equal to more than one cow of full age and milk. 

 From this stock, however, thus circumstanced and fed, 389 lbs. of 

 butter were made in the thirteen weeks. An additional pound would 

 have given an average of thirty pounds a week for the whole time to 

 a stock which must be in fairness set down as three cows only. This 

 experiment was made in 1837. 



5, Raising Calves. — These statements will, I hope, stimulate 

 the farmers in all parts of the state, and particularly where the dairy 

 husbandry is pursued, to attend more than they have done to the 



