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To give an idea of what they will produce, we append an account of a 

 herd which was imported into this country in 1861. 



"A four years old bull girts seven feet ten inches; his length is 

 eight feet seven inches; height, four feet eleven inches; weight, twenty- 

 four hundred sixty-five pounds. 



The four imported cows, each seven years old, have an average weight 

 of thirteen hundred twenty-five pounds. The weight of a past two years 

 old heifer is twelve hundred forty pounds. A past yearling heifer 

 weighed nine hundred sixty pounds; and the weight of six calves, at an 

 average of eight months, reared in the usual way, without forcing, was 

 an average of five hundred seventy-six pounds each. 



The milking qualities of the breed may be judged by the following 

 memoranda: one of the imported cows, when six years old, dropped a 

 calf on the 15th of May, weighing one hundred and one pounds; and 

 from the 26th of May to the 27th of July, by a careful and exact record, 

 gave four thousand eighteen pounds fourteen ounces of milk. The 

 largest 5deld in any one da}^ was seventy -six pounds five ounces, (35^ 

 quarts. ) In ten da5'S she gave seven hundred forty-four pounds twelve 

 ounces, or an average of nearly seventy-four and one-half pounds per 

 day. She gave a good flow of milk during the season, continuing to the 

 24th of May following, and on the succeeding day dropped twin heifer 

 calves, which weighed one hundred fifty-five pounds. The amount of 

 cream produced from this cow's milk, in a vessel specially prepared for 

 measuring it, produced twenty-two and seven-tenths of the milk, as 

 tested by an accurate examination. The nutritive qualities of the milk 

 were also tested by a thorough chemical analysis, and found to be excel- 

 lent. It was also rich in its caseine, or cheese making properties. Six 

 days' milk of this cow were set for cream, and the produce was seven- 

 teen pounds fourteen ounces of good butter — nearly three pounds per 

 day; and it is claimed by her owner that she is not the very best cow of 

 the herd. 



These results show not only the remarkable productions of the cow, 

 but the accurate and pains-taking care of the proprietor of the herd, in 

 testing their ability at the pail. Of what the food given to the cow 

 was composed, we are not informed We are to presume, however, 

 it was of the best, as every cow should have, to test to the utmost, 

 her lacteal faculties. 



Within the last twenty-five years large importations of Holstein, or, 

 as some now term them, Friesan cattle have been made into the United 



