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gallons annually ; and that, by corresponding treatment of 

 the larger breeds, their yield may be raised as high as 800 

 gallons and upwards, as in some of the instances quoted. 

 The experience of London dairymen proves, indeed, that 

 these figures may be exceeded ; and where cows are kept 

 solely for the provision of milk, and replaced by others at 

 a loss of 6Z. or 11. apiece so soon as their yield falls below 

 about six quarts a day, the annual yield of the large- 

 framed Yorkshire cow may, by good feeding, be kept at 

 nearly 1000 gallons annually on the average number of the 

 herd in stall throughout the year. 



The Yield of Butter Mr. Haxton, in his article on 

 Dairy Husbandry in the Agricultural Cydopcedia, speaks 

 of churning 100 gallons of midsummer milk from Fife- 

 shire cows, and obtaining 27J Ibs. of butter. This was at 

 the very low rate of 1 Ib. to every 29 pints. Mr. Aiton, 

 who has written on the Dairy Husbandry of Ayrshire, 

 reports the milk of Ayrshire cattle as ordinarily yielding 

 1 Ib. of butter to every 20 pints. 



The following are other instances of annual produce of 

 butter per cow. Mr. Telfer's ordinary produce of butter 

 from Ayrshire cows was lib. for 20J pints of milk, or 

 rather more than 2J gallons; but when the milk was 

 richest it yielded lib. per 18 pints, and when poorest lib. 

 per 24 pints. 



Mr. Williams, county Cork, in one of the most 

 fully detailed accounts that exists of dairy experience 

 (Agricultural Gazette, 1855), stated that feeding " well- 

 bred Irish cows " on grains nearly all the year round with 

 grass in summer and hay in winter, he found that 384J 

 gallons of summer milk yielded 13 6f Ibs. of butter, or 1 Ib. 



