32 MILK YIELD. 



of their completeness, we reserve a separate para- 

 graph. We will now proceed to give the records 

 of milkings for a period of time less than the year's 

 yield. 



First in order comes Ayrshire Lass and Red Eose, 

 whose owner, Mr. James Brodie, presents at the 

 New York Fair, and takes oath to the record whose 

 summary we give.^^ 



Ayrshire Lass. 11 years old; calved AjDril 1, 

 1861. June 10 gave 74 pounds of milk. Com- 

 menced August with 66 pounds, and closed with 55 

 pounds; total for the month, 1,902 pounds. Sep- 

 tember 1, 55^ pounds; September 16, 51 pounds; 

 first sixteen days of September, 844 pounds. 



Red Rose. 8 years old; calved May 20, 1861. 

 June 10 gave 84 pounds of milk. Commenced 

 August with 74 pounds and closed with 63 pounds.- 

 Total for the month 2,168 pounds. September 1, 62 

 pounds ; September 14, 50 pounds ; first fourteen 

 days of September, 788J pounds. 



Mr. H. H. Peters, in his catalogue for 1865, gives 

 the yield of his cows, Corslet and Jean Armour, as 

 follows : — 



Corslet averaged from May 2 to September 1, 21| 

 quarts of milk per day. The greatest yield was 26 

 quarts. 



Jean Armour, in 1862, gave an average of 49 

 pounds 3 ounces of milk per day for 114 days, com- 

 meuciug June 1. Greatest yield, 58 pounds a day ; 



" Trans. New York Ag. Soc. 1861, p. 126. 



