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NEW ENGLAND FAEJ^IER. 



Jan. 



PRODUCTS OP MILCH CO^VS^S. 



The following is condensed from the Hamp- 

 shire Oazette's report of the Hampshire, 

 Franklin and Hampden Cattle Show, held at 

 Northampton, Mass., Oct. 4 and 5, 18G6 : — 



The first premium was given to J. L. Bos- 

 worth of Southampton, for a cow five years old. 

 This cow was dried off the first of March last, 

 and calved Ajjril 2d. During the week com- 

 mencing April IGth, she gave 251 lbs. of milk, 

 or 36 lbs. per day, wliich yielded 14 lbs. ol 

 butter. During the week commencing July 

 2d, her yield of milk was 30 lbs. per day, and 

 the butter 12 lbs. Her feed was rowen hay and 

 grass. Of course, such a cow ought to take 

 the first premium, but the committee were 

 sorely pressed in deciding between her and a 

 cow owned by Charles S. Marsh of Easthamp- 

 ton. Mr. Marsh exhibited two cows. From 

 May 17th to Oct. 1st, (136 days,) their milk 

 produced 280^ Ibsv, butter. This is at the rate 

 of a little more than two lbs. per day, or a 

 fraction more than one lb. per day for each 

 cow. Taking the length of time and the season 

 into consideration, this is doing remarkably 

 well, though much less than what Mr. Bos- 

 worth's cow did. Yet Mr. B.'s cow might not 

 have done l^etter for the same length of time . 

 The temperature of the atmosphere has very 

 much to do with the rising of cream, and we 

 have known a variation of three pounds of but- 

 ter in the product of one cow in consecutive 

 weeks in the month of June. There are few 

 cows that yield so much butter as those ot 

 Messrs. Bosworth and Marsh. But Dea. Eras- 

 tus Cowles, of Hatfield, who was on the 

 grounds, informed us that he has a cow that 

 has produced twenty pounds of butter in one 

 week. The mother of this cow yielded twenty- 

 two pounds in one week, and at that time he 

 had two cows, fi'om whose milk he made 42 

 lbs. of butter in seven days. The Deacon is a 

 truthful man, and we believe him. Such cows 

 should be exliibited every year, and we hope 

 that next year Deacon Cowles will have his 

 famous cow at the show. His cows, like the 

 best milkers exhibited at this and several pre- 

 vious fairs here, are grades, mostly high grade 

 Durhams. Mr. Marsh's cows are grade Dur- 

 ham and grade Herefords, the former averaging 

 14 quarts per day during the above trial, and 

 at times giving 18 to 20 (juarts, and the latter 

 averaging 11 (juarts. Had he made a fuller 

 statement, showing what (juantity of butter the 

 grade Durham cow produced alone, the com- 

 mittee would have awarded him the first premi- 

 um ; as it was he took the 2d and 4th. 



M. S. Kellogg, of Chicopee Falls, a dairy- 

 man of large experience, exliibited seven cows, 

 four of which j)ro(luced as follows : — 1. "Jen- 

 ny," calved Oct. 25, 1»65, gave from Nov. 1'.) 

 to Dec. 19, (31 days,) V\l1 lbs. of milk, or 38 

 lbs. per day, and Nov. 1!), 20 and 21, her milk 

 yielded 4(i lbs. of l)utter, or nearly 10 Ilis. per 

 week. Her feed was clover hay and corn 



fodder, with one peck of turnips and three 

 quarts of meal per day. The meal was three 

 parts of broom-seed and one of ears of com, 

 ground together. In June, she gave 415 quarts 

 of milk, or nearly 14 quarts per day, on pas- 

 ture feed only. She calved again Sept. 24th. 



2. "Myrtle," calved Nov, 23, 1865, gave from 

 Nov. 26 to Dec. 26, (30 days) 1253 lbs. of 

 milk, or nearly 42 lbs. per day. Dec. 10, 11, 

 and 12 she produced 4 lbs. and 5 oz. of butter. 

 In June she gave 291 qts. of milk, or nearly 

 10 quarts a day. Feed same as "Jenny's." 



3. "Duchess," calved Dec. 16, 1865, gave 

 from Dec. 25 to Jan. 25, (31 days,) 1335 lbs. 

 of milk, or about 43 lbs. per day. Jan. 5, 6, 

 and 7, her milk produced 5 lbs. 5 ozs. of but- 

 ter. Feed same as above. In June she gave 

 343i quarts of milk, or about 11^ qts. per day, 

 on jaasture feed only. 4. "Tulip," calved May 

 3, 1866, gave in June 1146 lbs. of milk on 

 pasture feed. Mr. Kellogg's cows are Ayr- 

 shire, and he thinks this the best breed for 

 milkers. 



The little Jerseys came in for a goodly share 

 of attention. A little beauty owned by George 

 S. Clark, of Easthampton, two years old, se- 

 cured much notice. She gave 9 to 10 <]narts 

 of milk per day on pasture feed — not a large 

 mess, but the quality makes that balance — 3 

 pints of cream produced 2^ lbs. of butter. 



Among the milkers, though not entered as 

 such, was a little rusty-looking black Kerry 

 cow, with tail and horns disproportioncd to the 

 rest of her make — one of a herd of four, owned 

 by Dr. F. D. Huntington, of Hadley. This 

 cow, bad as she looks, gave 16 qts. of milk per 

 day, for three months. The milk is said to be 

 remarkably rich. 



Spencer Parsons, of Northampton, showed a 

 very large native cow, 8 years old, weight 1500 

 lbs. She has given, with best pasture feed, 40 

 lbs. of milk per day, and produced 14 lbs. of 

 butter in a week. 



FALL MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP. 



It requires a much smaller expenditure of 

 feed to keep animals in good condition than to 

 restore them after they are allowed to fall away. 

 Bring your sheep to the barn in good order, 

 and Avith comfortable quarters and good hay 

 they may easily be made to thrive through the 

 winter. If permitted to lose flesh in the fall, 

 they lose also something of vigor and energy, 

 and come up with appetites less keen and 

 healthful. It is diflicult to make them fill 

 themselves. A liberal feeding of grain is ne- 

 cessary to bring them to a good condition. 



Breeding ewes, especially, should be attended 

 to. Keep them thriving every day and they 

 will bring large, well-developed, lambs and 

 yield plenty of milk. Let them gi-ow poor 

 now, and the loss cannot be regaini'd ; niwt 

 fall you will have a thin ewe and a mean lamb. 



Sliee]) should not be exposed to the tall rains. 

 They are very sensitive to cold and wet. The 



