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STATEMENT OF J. D. W. FRENCH. 



"Nellie Day" gave in the year 1888—299 days in milk, 5988 lbs. 

 " «• " '« " '' 1889—273 " '• " 6391 lbs. 



• ' " <' " " " 1890—267 " " " 5949 lbs. 



u a « u a u 1891—333 " " " 7788 lbs. 



Total, 26116 lbs. 



Average for 4 years, 6529 lbs. per year. 



Feed — Summer pasturage — green fodder or grain, 2 to 4 

 qts. per day. Winter hay— 8 qts., 8 qts. mangolds, 4 qts. 

 bran, and 2 Linseed Oil meal. 



Roxanna 8th, dropped Dec. 13th, 1884, Dam Roxanna, 

 Sire 1816, Sire Rabens, 2696. 



Yield in 1891—328 days, 7170 lbs. milk. 



STATEMENT OF J. F, GULLIVER. 



"Sadie de Bonair," born Feb. 13, 1888. Last calf June, 

 1892. Has milked in one day this summer 39 lbs., and in 

 seven days made 12 lbs. 5 oz. butter; during that week her 

 feed was pasture, and cut grass in stable with 2 quarts each 

 corn meal, ground oats and bran, pint cotton seed meal, 

 daily. 



To Committee on Milch Cows : I enter for your consid- 

 eration the Holstein-Fresian cow "Lady Betz, 2d, 9 years 

 old, dropped last calf Sept. 22d, was dry about three 

 weeks. Gave the first 10 days in January 1892, 350 lbs. 

 milk, and first ten days in June she gave 255 lbs. milk. 



Feed in winter, 12 qts. grain (3 parts bran, 2 parts cob 

 meal and cotton seed meal), dry fodder, consisting of 1 

 part English hay, 1 part oat fodder, 1 part corn fodder, 

 watered twice a day. Summer feed, 4 qts. bran, 2 qts. 

 meal (corn). 



Grade Holstein and Durham. 



The grade cow "Maud" is 9 years old, dropped last calf 

 Mar. 15th, is due March, '93. For the first ten days in 

 June she gave 46 lbs. milk per day, and the last ten days in 

 August she gave 34 lbs. milk a day. 



