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" In summer during the warm weather she was kept in the barn daytimes 

 and turned to pasture at night. Was fed three times per day during the entire 

 year. The feed consisted of equal parts in measurement of ground oats and 

 bran, ranging from 20 to 28 pounds per day, if any left it was ordinarily taken 

 away from her. Also during the season for turnips she had about one-half 

 bushel per day and some potatoes, the amount of both ranging from one-half 

 to one and one-half bushel. The potatoes were fed during the whole year, and 

 I should say would average from one-half to three-quarters of a bushel per day 

 for the whole year. Whenever anything was refused it was usually taken 

 away. In the day time during the summer she was fed grass and during the 

 winter her fodder consisted of timothy hay and corn stalk, neither of them cut. 

 During cold weather she had water to drink three times per day at a temper- 

 ature of 60 degrees. No drink of any kind during this record but good water. 

 She was also fed one pound of Blatchford's Royal Stock Food, also a small 

 quantity of Thorley's Horse and Cattle Food. These foods were fed with the 

 ground oats and bran, this feed being moistened with water. Her stall in 

 which she ran loose was 13x15 feet and screened to keep flies out during the 

 summer. 



"Pietertje 2d's milk record has been kept accurately, and each milking 

 weighed and recorded at the time. The greatest care has been taken to have 

 this record made as publicly as possible. No record ever before was given to 

 the public before completed for the purpose of giving the public an opportunity 

 to come and test and examine records, and investigate parties that had made 

 tests and sworn to the same. I say that no record was ever made by any cow 

 where the breeders and public had the full knowledge of what was going on as 

 they have had during the making of this record. The gentlemen that have 

 witnessed these tests are honorable and honest men, and occupy high standing 

 in society, and are holding high and honorable positions. The affidavits will 

 now be referred to in their regular order. 



"The affidavit of Dallas B. Whipple, of Cuba, Allegany county, N. Y., the 

 owner of Pietertje 2d, states that Pietertje 2d dropped her calf February 19th, 

 1887, and commenced her record February 24th, 1887, and closed the same Feb- 

 ruary 23d, 1888, just one year from the time she commenced it ; and at the 

 close of this record Pietertje 2d was nearly three months in calf. My affidavit 

 also corroborates Rev. W. W. Rafter's statement and affidavit. I witnessed 

 the same test that he did, and saw Pietertje 2d milk May 21st, 1887, 107 Ibs. 8 

 oz. I also saw two milkings of the same test of Geo. H. Brooks of May 18th, in 

 which he testifies that Pietertje 2d milked 112 Ibs. 7 oz. Being called away on 

 business, I was prevented from seeing the third milking. 



" Affidavit of Geo. H. Brooks, merchant, Cuba, N. Y., testifies that on the 

 evening of May 17th, he saw Pietertje 2d milked clean, and in just twenty- 

 four hours thereafter closed the twenty-four hour test, and in the meantime 

 he had seen her milk 112 Ibs. 7 oz. in three milkings. 



" Affidavit of Rev. W. W. Rafter, rector of Christ Church, Cuba, N. Y., tes- 

 tifies that within twenty-four hours after seeing Pietertje 2d milked clean, she 

 had milked 107 Ibs. 8 oz. in three milkings, May 21st, 1887. 



" Prof. J. E. Dewey of Limestone Academy, Limestone, N. Y., testifies that 

 on July 19th, after seeing Pietertje 2d milked clean, he saw her milk 94 Ibs. 1 

 oz., within the following twenty-four hours, just five months from the date of 

 her calving. 



"Affidavit of Frank H. Robinson, the district attorney of Steuben county, 

 N. Y., testifies that on July 26th, he visited Cuba for the purpose of witnessing 

 a milk test of Pietertje 2d. He testifies that on that date he saw her milked 

 clean, and saw her milk within the next twenty-four hours, at three milkings, 

 92 Ibs. 10 oz., five months after calving. 



" Affidavit of Wm. Ormiston, of the firm of Ormiston Bros., Valley Point 

 Farm, Cuba, N. Y. breeders of Ayrshire cattle and owners of the noted prize 

 herd that was exhibited so successfully in the West and Southwest for two 

 years in succession testifies that after seeing Pietertje 2d milked dry February 

 6th, 1888, he saw her milk in the next twenty-four hours 59 Ibs. 11 oz., Hi 

 months after calving, and in middle of the winter. 



" Affidavit of Solomon Hoxie of Whitestown, N. Y., superintendent of the 

 Advanced Registry of the Holstein-Friesian Association, testifies that on Feb- 

 ruary 16th, 1888, he saw Pietertje 2d milked dry, and on the 17th, just twenty- 

 four hours from that time, he had seen milked from Pietertje 2d, 57 Ibs. 9 



