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Erglish hay,) to be used during the whole experiment. The roots 

 and meal may be given or dispensed with, at the option of the 

 person making the trial, provided that they be given or dis- 

 pensed with altogether during the several periods, that the qual- 

 ity of the food during the whole time may be precisely the same. 

 Each of the cows to be weighed at the commencement and ex- 

 piration of each 7 days ; and, that the experiment may produce 

 the most satisfactory results, the time of giving food and water 

 should be regular, and also of the milking ; and it is desirable 

 that the first voiding of manure, both solid and liquid, after the 

 expiration of each 7 days, should be noted both as to the time 

 and weight ; the state of the cow, at the time of commencing 

 the trial, to be given, the time of her having her last calf, and 

 every other circumstance, either in relation to the animal or trial, 

 that can have any influence upon the decision of the question. 

 The statement to be forwarded to the Corresponding Secretary 

 of the Worcester County Agricultural Society, on or before the 

 first day of April next, to be by him laid before the judges to be 

 appointed by the Trustees of that Society for their adjudi- 

 cation. 



JOHN W. LINCOLN, 

 Cor. Sec'y Worcester County Agricultural Society. 



December, 1846. 



George Denny'' s Statement. 



I give below the result of an experiment in reference to cut 

 and uncut fodder, made the past winter, with one cow, seventy- 

 five days after calving, at four different periods of six days each, 

 showing the amount the cow received and returned. 



No. L 



Hay, herd's grass, cut, 130 lbs. Carrots, 90 lbs. Cob meal, 

 24 lbs. Water, 363 lbs. Milk, 127^ lbs. Liquid and solid man- 

 ure, 457 lbs. Average temperature, 31°. 

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