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two pounds per day, and during the first seven days in Sept- 

 ember, eighty seven pounds. 



The milk of these two animals in June yielded ninety- 

 seven and one half pounds of butter, the family using two 

 quarts of milk daily. 



Ephraim Orockkr's Statement. 



The milch "Cow which J offer is sixteen years old, supposed 



to be partly Ayrshire, calved Aug. 24. Her milk during the 

 first week in September weighed as follows, viz.: 



MORNING. NOON. NIGHT. 



lbs. oz. lbs. oz. lbs. oz. lbs. oz. 



Sept. 2. Sunday, 21 3 13 3 11 1 45 7 



3. Monday, 20 7 14 3 10 7 45 1 



4. Tuesday, 20 3 14 7 12 15 47 9 



5. Wednesday, 20 7 15 8 14 3 50 2 



6. Thursday, 20 11 12 7 9 11 42 13 



7. Friday, 19 15 12 11 12 11 45 5 



8. Saturday, 20 15 14 7 11 00 46 6 



Total, 322 11 



Average per day forty-six pounds. Her milk for the first 

 fourteen days of September yielded twenty-two pounds, two 

 ounces, of butter. 



A. Thurston's Statement. 



September, 19th, 1855. 

 1 have owned the Cow which I have entered for premium, 

 nearly three years. I suppose her to be of the native breed 

 .and some ten years old. She calved the eighth of May last, 

 calf took the milk until June eigth. From June eighth to 

 June fourteenth the milk averaged thirty-two and one-half 

 pounds per day, the first seven days in September the average 

 weight was twenty-two pounds per day ; cow was kept in an 

 interval pasture (the " T Little Flat/' so called.) which was 



