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her two quarts of shorts per day, which, as the feed decreased, 

 1 increased to four quarts, and have since added four quarts of 

 Indian meal. Since August, our cows have all been fed with 

 green corn planted for that purpose, which is their chief support 

 in the absence of feed. 



Danvers, October \sL 1846. 



Maiming Dodge's Statement. 



I offer for premium one three year old heifer, which is from a 

 native cow and a Durham bull. She was calved May 31st, 

 1843, and brought a calf June 2d, 1846, which weighed twen- 

 ty-six lbs. per quarter when thirty-four days old. She has been 

 kept in a common pasture. When she first calved she gave 

 sixteen quarts of milk per day. She has now fallen away to 

 twelve quarts per day, owing to the shortness of feed. 



Ipswich, September 30/A, 1846. 



Eben. G. Berry^s Statement. 



The heifer which I offer for your inspection was raised in 

 Palermo, Waldo county, in the State of Maine, and was pur- 

 chased by me, from a drove, the last season. She is three years 

 and two months old, and weighs, at the present time, 760 lbs. 

 Her calf was sold the last of May, at four weeks old ; and the 

 product of her milk is as follows : — 



From June 1st to July 1st, 

 " July 1st to Aug. 1st, 

 " Aug. 1st to Sept. 1st, 

 " Sept. 1st to Oct. 1st, 



Total, - - 2760 lbs. 8 oz. 



