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The butter T made during the last summer was sixty-seven firkins, 

 the number of cows milked was forty, about one half of the season; 

 but the drought was so severe I was obliged to part with eleven of 

 them, to do the remainder justice, then milked twenty-nine the re- 

 mainder of the season. 



Experiments on milk and cows, June 9, 1847. 



Cows. Weight of milk ofie da}'. Weight of butter. 



No. 1. 37i lbs. 1 lb. 12 oz. 



2. 35i lbs. 1 lb. 8 oz. 



3. 33| lbs. 1 lb. 15 oz. 



4. 381 lbs. 1 lb. 14 oz. 



5. 32i lbs. 1 lb. 14 oz. 



6. 31 lbs. lib. 1 oz. 



7. 30, lbs. lib. 



8. 32i lbs. 1 lb. 



9 33i lbs. 1 lb. 8 ozw 



10. 34 lbs. 1 lb. 12 oz. 



Experiment on four cows, June 15. 



1. 31 lbs. 2 lbs. 4 oz. 



2. 28 lbs. 2 lbs. 



3. 29 lbs. lib. 8 oz. 



4. 27i lbs. 1 lb. 4 oz. 



Experiment on forty cows, June 29. 

 Weight of milk from forty cows, morning mess 796| lbs.: when 

 churned, butter 23 lbs. Evening, weight of milk 627^ lbs : when 

 churned, had 24 lbs. of butter; which in all is 47 lbs. from 40 cows, 

 which is averaging the cows one pound and seven-fortieths of a 

 pound to each cow. 



JOHN HOLBERT. 

 Chemung, Jan. 27, 1848. 



