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light, the ditlerence between a good mid a poor cow ; 

 end the utility of liberal keeping. 



15. A cow of Samuel D. Colt of Pilisfielii, from 

 1st December to 26tb April, 1418 days, produced 19:! 

 Ibe. of butler. . 



Itj. A cow owned by R. Cniupbell ol riltetield, 

 baa yic'ded '.'6 beer quarts of milk per day. 



17. A cow owned by Ilosea Merrill, garc 30 beer 

 quarts of milk per day. 



IS. A cow owned by D. Fenn of Slockbridge, 8 

 years old, produced in one week I'i lbs. 9 oz. builcr. 

 During ihe same lime, JO nuaris of the milk were 

 sold, and in addition cream and milk were used freely 

 in the family. 



19. A cow owned by Calvin Davis, 4 years old in 

 the spring of I83S, in 17'J days produced '2'2r< lbs. 

 butter, and fatted a calf. An accidental injury to the 

 cow prevented a continuance of making buiter. 



'20. Two cows of VVm. Dewey, of All'ord, in good 

 season, averaged, for a length of lime, 14 lbs. ol but 

 ter each per week. 



21. A cow belonging to the late Pr. Hyde, of 

 Slockbridge, for some time produced fourteen pounds 

 of butter per week. 



'ii. Two cows in Vandeuseiiville, produced 14 

 lbs. of buiter each per week. 



23. A cow belonging to Millard of Egre- 



mont, produced 14 lbs of butter per week. 



•24. From two cows belonging to Russell Brown 

 in Cheshire, besides the free use of milk and cream 

 in ihe family, 90 lbs. of buiter were produced and 

 gold in three weeks, and in four successive weeks 1 1 4 

 pounds. 



25. A cow owned in Slockbridge, by Stephen 

 Wdlard, produced as follows: 



In 321 successive days 331 lbs. butter. 

 "284 " " 293 



"306 " " 318 



quarts. Befoie grass feed in April, the cream of two 

 days mads 2^ pounds butler, and was ina^lo from 

 2 l-l(j quarts of cream. Two or thieo minutes in 

 churning. This was (he mother of Mr. Jaques's fa- 

 mous Creampol breed. 



X>. Two cows — Ker. Mr. Phenix, c;iiicopce 

 Mats, 1828: for sovcial weeks averaged 20 lbs. per 

 week, besides what milk and cream were used in the 

 lamily. 



315. Cow. W, Chase. Somerset, R. I., 1S3I 

 Most of the season, 20 quarts milk daily ; averaged 

 nearly 14 pounds butler per week during the season ; 

 120 pounds made in ten weeks. 



37. Cow. Israel Graves, Northampton, Mass., 

 1830. Four years old ; one week, 13 pounds 9 oz 

 butler. 



38. Cow. L. Hosmer, Bedford, Mass., 1S30. 

 14 pounds butler per week. 



.39. Four cows. Jesse Putnam, Danvers, Maes , 

 1830. Averaged more than 208 pounds butler each 

 in the season ; highly fed. 



40. Six cows. J. Curtis, Marblehead, Mass., 

 1830. Averaged over 181 lbs. butter each in the 

 season, without extra feed. 



41. Cow. W. Dickinson, Deerfield, Mass., 

 1830. One week, 14 lbs. ; first ei2ht weeks after 

 calf was taken away, made 9(3 lbs. Six quarts of milk 

 mode one pound of butler. 



42. Cow. H. G. Newcomb, Greenfield, Mass., 

 1830. From March 27ih to May 25ih, made 100 lbs. 

 of buiter, and reserved 160 quarts milk. In 14 days, 

 made 29 3-16 lbs. buiter. 



43. Cow. D. Wait, Greenfield, Mass., 1830. 

 In one fortnight made 25 lbs. butter. In May 1832 

 she produced, in one week, 15| lbs. butler. Average 

 daily weight of milk, 47 Ibe. Measured one day 26 

 beer quarts. 



44. Two cows Ilart, Shelburne. Mass., 



lS:i4. Besides milk and butler used for a family ol 

 three persons, they sold from these two cows, in one 

 season, upwards of 400 Ib^. butter ; feed, grass only. 

 In June, they made in one week 23 lbs., one week 25 



911 days 942 lbs. 

 '• The above is exclusive of 85 lbs. made while fat 

 teni;ig three cilves." He adds " my method of keep- 

 ing has been grass only, from spring to fall. In the I lbs., one week 28 lbs, 



fall 1 begin with pumpkins and potatoes, and feed 45. Cow. Barrett, Northampton, Mass , 



moderately during the lime she gives milk. An ac- 1830. This cow milked, for one formight, every 



ejunt has been kept for only three years ; but it would eight hours ; at each mi king has yielduil a pailful, 



not vary much from the above, for the twe ve seasons holding 10 quarts — the weighlof the milk averaging 



1 have had her, exceiu the present season she has heen daily 49J lbs. Her milk has yielded daily 2Jbs. 5 oz. 



farrow." This cow is now eighteen yenrsold 

 will calve again about the middle of February." 



23. Two cows owned in Pitlsfield, produced each 

 50 lbs. of milk per day ; and one other 32 lbs. at a 

 milking. 



27. A cow owned by Thomas Hodges, in North 

 Adams, produced last year 425 lbs. of butter ; 400 lbs. 

 of this amount were made in nine months. Her ''eed 

 consisted of one quart of rye meal, and half a peck of 

 poiatoes per day ; and very good pasturing. 



28. A eo« owned by Joseph F. Upton, of Ash- 

 field, Franklin Co. From the first of April, 1837, to 

 the middle of February, 1838, her product was 335 

 lbs. 15 oz. From the 9ih ol May, 1838, to the28ih 

 December, 1838, she had produced 303 lbs. 3 oz. of 

 buiter, and was still making at the rate ol one lb. per 

 day. 



The owner adds, " In the year 1837, I killed my 

 calf at three days old, and gave my cow the skimmed 

 milk through the summer. I coniTnenced the first of 

 Outnb^r to feed on poiatoes. 1 gave her about one 

 peck per day boiled, as long as she gave milk. In the 

 year 1338, 1 fatienod my calf and killed il at four 

 weeks old. It weighed 75 lbs. She has had nothing 

 but grass this year, until the first of October; since 

 then I have fed her with one peck of boiled poiatoes 

 per day. My cow is seven yenrsold last spring." 

 Her winfr keep at present, whde Hiving milk, is as 

 much hay as she will eat, and one peck of boiled pota- 

 toes per day. 



2.T Cow. N. Sanderson, Waltham.Mnss., 1828. 

 Tuirteen and one half lbs. buiter per week through 

 the season, on an average. 



30. Cow. Luke Fisk, Walthain, Mass., 1824. 

 M ide 12 lbs buucrper week. 



31. Cow. George 11. Hardy, Walthain, Mass., 

 1326. Averaged, for four months, llj pounds per 

 week. 



3i. Cow. John White, Dedham, Mass., 1826 

 Gave 12 pound butler six weeks in succession ; 

 one week 12 pounds 13 ounces ; three m(jnihe, aver- 

 aged lOJ pounds per week ; gave 18 quarts milk per 

 day. at times. 



33. Cow. James Robbins, Walerlown, Mass., 

 1827. May and Juie, from 10 to 13 lbs. butler per 

 week. 



34. Cow. R"lph Has';in3, Dorchester, Mass., 

 1827. Eig'iteea quorls per day— average 14 to 15 



butler, making 32 lbs. 6 oz in 14 days. From one 

 milking alone, 1 lb. oz. were made, which will give 

 4 lbs. 2 oz. butter in one day, from one cow ; the 

 butter was of a superior quality, and brought a high 

 price in the Northampton market. 



46. A cow owned in New London, Conneciicul, 

 yielded 10 qiiaris milk per day, for 14 successive 

 months. 



47. Cow. i. G. Tyler, Bradford. This cow, 

 from April 1 lo Sept. 23, produced loJ^ lbs. of bui- 

 ter. In the second week in June, she yielded 126 

 quarts of milk, beer measure, at ihe rate of 18 quaris 

 per day for that time. 



48. Cow. C. C. Sewnll, Danvers. From the 

 2f;th of June, in 95 days she gave 3189 lbs. or 1275 

 quarts beer measure. The greatest quuntiiy in one 

 week was 116 quaris ; in one day, 17 quarts, 1 pint 

 The daily average quantity was 13 quaris. 



52. Cow. Julius Smiih, Cheshire, Conn. This 

 heifer, two years old, averages 18 quarts of milk per 



.53. Cows. Spencer, Guilford, Conn. These 

 cowrt average 14 quaris daily through the season. 



.54. Cows. Allen, Cheshire, Conn, Kightcowa. 

 15 (luarls of milk each, daily. 



55. Cow. Shelburn, Vt. Has yielded 26 quarts, 

 beer measure, in a day ; and at two milkings in 24 

 hours, produced 3 lbs. 14o/.. of butler. This cow 

 was raised in Vermont. Sonic persons, from her 

 great product, call her F.nglish ; but the ndmixtiiro 

 of blood is very small if any ; and if any, it is not 

 known, whether Durham, or Ayrshire, or what. 

 There is nothing but her color, which indicates any 

 diilerencefiom our beet formed native slock. She has 

 some progeny by an Ayrshire bull, which are veiy 

 promising. 



56. Cow. S. Henshaw, Springfield. 173 l''^- 

 of butler per week, and in one case, 21 lbs. of excel- 

 lent butter. In 4), days, ih it is 4 days and one milk- 

 ing she produced l4 lbs. 3 oz. of butter at the rale of 

 22i lbs per week. I had in a former publication 

 marked this cow as a croEs from a Durham bull ; but 

 1 was misinformed. Mr. II. tells me she was a nalivo 

 cow without mixture of foreign blood. 



.57. Cow. WestS|)ringlield. This cow in sixty 

 daysprodiic, d 26921 lbs. of milk, averaging 44 5 6 

 lbs. per day. This was equal to 22i quarts per day 

 for that lime. She repeatedly produced over 50 lbs. 

 and sometimes 54 lbs. of milk per day. I have iho 

 exact daily reiurns for the time. 



58. Cow. O. Morris. Springfield. "TheBum- 

 mer after she was seven years old, the quantity of bul- 

 lei made from her between the first day of April and 

 the first of Scpiomber, five months, was 206 lbs. 

 During the lime, we used milk and cream in the fan^- 

 dy freely. Some weeks we have made 14 lbs., ex- 

 clusive of milk and cream used for lamily purposes. 

 1 have ol'ien weighed her milk in the month of June, 

 and she has frequently yielded 31 lbs. at one milking 

 atnigbt. We have been particular to haveher milked 

 in the summer at five o'clock in ihe morning and at 

 seven o'clock in the evening, and always by the same 

 person. I think much of regularity in the limes of 

 milking ; and that one person only should be permit- 

 led to milk the same cow the same reason; My cow 

 ha^ always had a good milker, and her milk has been 

 rapidly drawn. Her food in the winter is good hay, 

 and in addition thereto from 2 to 4 iiuarls of rye bran 

 at noon. I feed and give her waler three times each 

 day. In the summer, besides the posture, she has 4 

 qu.arls of rve bran at night. From the experience I 

 have had with this cow, 1 feel quite sure that many 

 cows which have been considered as quite ordinary, 

 mi»hl, by kind and regular ireulmenl, good and rcgii- 

 larleeding and proper care in milking, have ranked 

 among ihe firsl-raie." 



59." Cow. Roxbury. This cow. besides taking 

 care of her calf, produced 3975 beer quarts of milk in 

 one year or before her next calving, which was wilhm 

 the year. 



60. Cows. J. p. Gushing, Watertown. " Ihere 

 has been no account kept of any of our native cows. 

 Several ol them, however, on grass, and also m ibo 

 winter (soon after calving) have given 20 quarts a day 



49 Cow. Albert Johnson, Lynn. From 27ih for a nionlh or more. Several of oui nalive cows, 



March, 1840, when she calved, to 28ih Sepiember, 

 184 days, she produced 6840 lbs. of milk, or 2736 

 beer quarts, averaging nearly 15 quarts per day. The 

 largest qiuintity any one day was 52 lbs. or 20^ 

 quarts. She had good pasturage until the drought in 

 summer, and then some hay and one bag (four buth- 

 ele)of shorts. 



The account of this cow for part of iho present 

 year i? as follows. From March 29lli to September 

 30ih, 186 days, she has given 6783 lbs. of milk, equal 

 lo 2714 quaris, averaging 14i quarts per day. The 

 hirgest quantity given in one day >vns May 9ih, 51J 

 lbs., equal to 20i quaris. She has been sick a part ol 

 ihe season, by browsing the leaves and branches of 

 the black cherry iree, which has occasioned some di- 

 minution of her milk. • 



50. Cow. Charles F Putnam, Salem. From 

 November 15, 1839, to November 13, 1840, she pro- 

 duced 4214 quaris of milk, beer measure, being an 

 average of 12 quaris per day through the year. Mr. 

 Putnam writes 10 me, "ibal ilie first month this sum- 

 mer, (1841,^ with two quaris of meal per day, she 

 averaged eighleen quaris of milk per day. I am eon- 

 fiilenl that the cow v.'ill give twenty quaris per day 

 in good fair feed. She was milked till within three 

 weeks, and could have been mdked to tje time, ol 

 calving." 



51. Cow. Ifobart Clark, Aiidover. Bu'ter in a 

 week 14 founds , 



pariicnlarly two which you recommended, gn 

 greater quantity of milk than any of cur imported 

 cows, with a single exception." 



61. Cow. Page, Danvers 13 lbs. butter in ono 

 week : 30 lbs. in three successive weeks. 



62. Cow. B. Shurtlell', Chelsea. Supposed to 

 he of the Galloway breed, small cow, has given 21 

 quarts per day. ,, ^, ■ ■ 



63. Cow. Daniel Breed, Lynn. " She is fix 

 years old. She gives now (Nov. 19.) on grass and 

 U peck of roots, six quarts of milk per day. Slio 

 has not had any buy or meal this fall, and all the hay 

 consumed by her last winier. was 2900 lbs. without 

 meal. She calved last April, and comes in again 

 March 12ih. She gave in June nn average of 45 lbs. 

 of milk per day, and has given 2490 quarts the last 

 seven months. She is milked until within a few days 

 of her enlving. What is remarkable ab.nut the cow is 

 her small size" and its requiring so little food to pro- 

 duce so much milk." The above measures are allele 

 and beer measure. 



64. Cow. " Georee Goodnow, of Soulhbor- 

 ough, in the county of Worcester, keeps 10 cows 

 upon his farm. He has kept an accurate account of 

 ihcir produce lor a number of years. The amounl ot 

 hulier made from these 10 cows in the season of 1839, 

 was 2172 lbs. The amount sold 2028 lbs. The 

 nmount used in iiis family, 144 lbs. During the 



' ;aon;bi^f June, the famescaBon, the 10 cows n\erai:cd 



