8 THE DAIRY OF THE FARM. 



from 22 J pints of milk, and that 198f gallons of winter 

 milk gave 81J Ibs. or 1 Ib. of butter from 19J pints. The 

 whole year's yield was 583 gallons of milk and 218 Ibs. of 

 butter per cow, or 1 Ib. to every 21 1- pints. 



The late Mr. Horsfall of Burley Hall, near Otley, found 

 4 gallons of milk yield from 24 to 27 ozs. of butter, corre- 

 sponding to 1 Ib. to every 21 and 18f pints respectively ; 

 and his cows annually produced on an average 266 Ibs. of 

 butter each. 



We have of late years been startled by extraordinary 

 records of butter produce from America, where Jersey cows 

 have been cultivated and stimulated to an almost incredible 

 productiveness ; and in place of the respectable average of 

 600 gallons annually, capable of yielding 2 cwt. of butter 

 in the year, which is a good ordinary English experience, 

 we are told of cows yielding twice and even three times as 

 much. Mr. Hosley, of the Audley End Jersey Dairy, whose 

 figures we have already quoted, gives the following averages 

 for 1882, 1883, and 1884 respectively : cows under four 

 years of age, 240 Ibs., 264 Ibs., and 194 Ibs. respectively 

 for the milk as recorded above ; cows between four and six 

 years of age, 281 Ibs., 268 Ibs., and 259 Ibs. respectively, 

 and cows over six years of age, 353 Ibs., 274 Ibs., and 

 311 Ibs. respectively. Over the whole herd in the three 

 years the produce was 283 Ibs., 269 Ibs., and 257 Ibs. 

 apiece. And some examples of extraordinary yield are 

 given, almost rivalling the American reports. Thus, No. 8 

 produced 407 Ibs. of butter in 49 weeks in 1882; No. 11 

 in 1883, No. 10 and No. 17 in 1884 produced over 390 Ibs. 

 each. We fear agricultural maxima have little influence on 

 agricultural averages ; and while we do not refuse our belief 

 to even the marvellous stories told of Eurotas and other 



