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MILCH KINE. 



weighing the milk the first Monday in April. For six 

 days she gave 279 J pounds, averaging 46 7-12 pounds 

 per day. The keeping she had was dry hay and two 

 quarts of meal and the same of shorts once a day. I 

 weighed the milk again the first of September. For six 

 days, she gave 175! pounds, averaging 29 7-24 pounds 

 per day. Her keeping was a very poor pasture, with 

 Southern corn night and morning, and one quart of 

 meal and three of shorts once a day. 



JOSEPH P. REED'S STATEMENT. 

 To the Committee on Milch Kine — 



Gentlemen : The cow I offer for premium is five years 

 old, Holderness and Native breed, calved in April. Her 

 keeping has been nothing but pasture to Sept. 3d; 

 since then corn fodder once a day. The following is 

 the weight of her milk for the six days in June: 252i 

 pounds of milk; the six days in Sept. 2221 pounds of 

 milk. We have tried her milk and found her to be one 

 of the best of butter cows. 



DAVID BATTLES' STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Milch Kine — 



Gentlemen : The cowl offer you for a premium is ten 

 years old, is half Native and half Durham. For the 

 first six days in June she gave 2 34 J pounds. Her feed 

 was a poor pasture with a foddering of hay night and 

 morning. For the first six days in Sept. she gave 186 

 pounds; went in the same pasture as in June, with a 

 foddering of green corn night and morning. 



