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MANAGEMENT OF DAIRY CATTLE, 
Stall B. 
Weight. 
1855. 
cwt. 
qr. 
lbs. 
1. Oct. 9, 
11 
1 
0 
2. „ 
3. „ 
11 
1 
0 
4. „ 
10 
2 
0 
5. „ 
9 
2 
0 
6. „ 
11 
0 
0 
7. Jan. 1, 
9 
2 
0 
8. Oct. 9, 
10 
1 
0 
9. Dec. 3, 
11 
1 
0 
10. Oct. 9, 
8 
3 
16 
11. „ 
9 
3 
0 
Weight . 
1856, cwt.qr.lbs. 
Jan. 29, 12 2 20 
12 1 0 
9 2 0 
12 2 0 
10 0 8C 
11 8 0 
9 3 0 
11 1 0 
11 2 0C 
9 1 160 
10 3 16 
Per 
Week. 
Gain in 
lbs. 
16 weeks 160 
lbs. 
8* 
)} 
112 
7 
Newly calved. 
Gain in 16 weeks 221 
11 
11 
11 11 
61 
1 
91 
11 11 
81 
5* 
11 
4 „ 
28 
7 
11 
16 „ 
112 
7 
11 
8 „ 
28 
H 
11 
16 „ 
56 
H 
11 
16 „ 
128 
8 
The cows, No. 2 and No. 7, stall A, calved in September. 
Soon after calving each yielded 20 quarts per day. On their 
first weighing, No. 2 weighed 9cwt. 3qrs.; No. 7, 9 cwt. 
2 qrs. At the next, No. 2 had lost 28 lbs. ; No. 7 had ex- 
actl}' maintained its weight. On this being discovered, the 
attendant was ordered to give No. 2 a little bean-meal in 
addition. At the expiration of 16 weeks, No. 2 gave 16 
quarts, No. 7, 12 quarts per day; their respective weights 
were — No. 2, 9 cwt. 3 qrs., having regained her weight, and 
No. 7, 9 cwt. 3 qrs. 20 lbs., having gained 48 lbs. Eight 
weeks later, with a reduced yield of milk, No. 2 weighed 
10 cwt., having gained 28 lbs.; No. 7, 104 lbs. from the 
time of calving. No. 2 was free from calf; No. 7 in the in- 
cipient stage of calf ; five others, also marked C, were in like 
state of incipient calf. 
No. 4, stall B, which shows the greatest gain, was far ad- 
vanced in calf, giving but little milk. 
Nos. L, 2, 7, 8, and 11, in stall B, which had gained re- 
spectively 8J lbs., 7 lbs., 7 lbs., 7 lbs., 8 lbs. per week, were in 
course of fattening. I do not keep a separate account of the 
yield of each cow : the average yield of this class during the 
16 weeks will have been about 8 quarts per day each ; those 
gaining at a less rate per week — Nos. 4, 3, &c., in stall A, 
and 9, 10, &c., in stall B — may be reckoned as giving a 
greater yield of milk. 
In February and March, 1836, four cows which had calved 
at the like period of 1855, were sold as fat for £19 15s. each; 
at the same time, in 1856, I bought cows of equal quality 
and capability, dry, or giving a small quantity of milk under 
ordinary treatment, at £l 1 to £T3 each, to fatten which will 
require six months. My cows thus fatted have the repute 
of killing well, and I am enabled to obtain the top price of 
the day ; of the four sold in February and March, the pur- 
chasers have supplied me with the weight of loose fat. 
