J)(i)iish Dai/1/ 
Fann'uifj. 
No. of Cows. 
Year of 31 ilk. 
I'roduce per Head. 
1st 
317 galls. 
1") 
1st 
472 „ 
14 
'^nd 
535 „ 
15 
3 I'd 
G16 „ 
''0 
4th 
065 „ 
18 
5th 
635 „ 
9 
Gth 
708 „ 
15 
, . 01.1 
651 „ 
The maximum reliable milk produce tliat we have recorded 
was that of a single cow belonging to the keeper of the gaol at 
Lewes, the details of which were authenticated by the Board of 
Agriculture. In eight consecutive years she gave 9720 gallons, 
or at the rate of more than 1210 gallons per annum. In one 
year she milked 328 days, and gave 1230 gallons, which yielded 
540 lbs. of butter, or at the rate of 1 lb. of butter to 22 lbs. of 
milk. In the early part of the year 18GG a return was pub- 
lished of the produce of a cow in a Vermont (U. S.) dairy, 
which was stated to have given, in the previous year, a butter- 
yield of 504 lbs., at the rate of 1 lb. of butter to 20 lbs. of 
milk. 
Quite recently too our Agricultural Journals have recorded 
the butter-produce of an Ayrshire cow at 399^ lbs., in the ten 
months between calving (March 10, 1SG6, and January 10, 1867), 
besides supplying the family with milk and cream ; and of 
another cow of the same breed which has supplied the owner s 
family with milk and cream, and given for the three years, 
1864-5 and 6, respectively, 269 lbs., 282J lbs., and 2741 lbs. of 
butter. 
The proportion of butter varies with the season and with the 
breed of the dairy cows : the milk of the Ayrshire cow is gene- 
rally richer in butter th.ui that of the Shorthorn or Suffolk, but 
this again is not so rich as that of the Kerry or Channel Islands 
breed. As a rule it has been found that the best returns have 
been obtained in the later summer or early autumn months, 
when we have returns of 1 lb. of butter to 20 lbs. of milk (Ayr- 
shire breed) ; 1 to 19 (breed not stated) ; 1 to 19^ (Irish breed) ; 
1 to 18i (Ayrshire) ; 1 to 17i (Ayrshire) ; 1 to 16| (pure Kerry) ; 
and even 1 to 16 (Shorthorn) : this last, no doubt, was under 
exceptional conditions. In all probability the average butter- 
yield of our dairies is about 1 in 30, ranging between 25 to 
35 lbs. of milk to 1 lb. of butter. 
Ediiilunih, Dscanher, ISGO. 
