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six years old, the other five were only two years old; the experi- 

 ments proved tiiat her milk was richer at six years old, than it had 

 been at. two. 'J'his destMves investi^-ation. 



Another circumstance is somewhat connected with such an in- 

 quiry. The Kyloe and the long-horn caitle seem to care little about 

 change of situation and pasture ; but the short-horn is not so easily 

 reconciled to a change ; and her milk is ni)t at first either so abun- 

 dant or so good as it afterwards becomes. 



There is a great difference in the quantity of food consumed by 

 different breeds of cattle, and that the short-horns occupy the high- 

 est rank among the consumers of fo' d is evident enough ; but we 

 never could be persuaded that the difference of size in the same 

 breed made any material difference in the appetite, or the food con- 

 sumed. When they stand side by side in the stall or the cow-house, 

 and experience has taught us the proper average quantity of food, 

 the iittle one eats her share, and the laiger one seldom eats more, 

 even when it is put before her. There are occasional diff'erences in 

 the consumption of food by different animals, but these arise far 

 oftener from constitution, or from some unknown cause, than from 

 difference in size. Experience does, however, prove, beyond the 

 possibility of doubt, that the larger cattle, the breed and other cir- 

 cumstances being th^ same, yield the greatest quantity of milk. 



Experience has also proved another thing— that the good grazing 

 points of a cow, and even her being in lair store c< ndition, do not 

 necessarily interfere with her milking qualities. They prove that she 

 has the disposition to fatten about her, but which will not be called 

 into injurious exercise until, in the natural process of time, or de- 

 signedly, she is dried. She will yield nearly as much milk as her 

 unthrifty neighbor, and milk of a supei-ior quality, and at four, five, 

 or six years old, might be pitted against any Kyloe, in the quality of 

 her milk, while we have the ph dge that it will cost little to prepare 

 her for the butcher, when done as a milker. On this principle 

 many of the London dairymen now act, when they change their cows 

 so frequently. 



The following observations were made by Mr. Calvert, of Brampton, 

 on the quantity of butter yielded by one of his short-horns. The 

 milk was kept and churned separately from that of the other stock, 

 and the following is the number of pounds of butter obtained in each 

 week,— 7, 10, lb, 12, 17, 13, 13, 13, 15, 16, 15, 12, 13, 13, 13, 14, 

 14, 13, 12, 12, 13, 11, 12, 10, 10, 8, 10, 9, 10, 7, 7, 7. 



There were churned 373 pounds of butter in the space of 32 weeks. 

 The cow gave 28 quarts of milk per day, about Midsummer, and 

 would average nearly 20 quarts per day for 20 weeks. She gave 

 more milk when pastured in the summer than when soiled in the 

 house, in consequence of the very hot weather. She was lame six 

 weeks from foul in the feet, which lessened the quantity of milk 



