A FAMOU JERSEY COW.
The New York Herald gives an account of Darli hit's Kurotas, wh<», from iNovemb' r, IS" 9. to November, 18S0, gave ??Slbs of butter. Ihe. period of trial was oMI days, or a little less than a year, and the mbk for that time weighed ?52ulbs. As regards treatment, it is sad that: "In winter she had all the hay she wanted, and, in addition, a pad of gruel or bran and oatmeal, thin enough to drink, three times a day. Wnen grass came to stimulate the milk-secreting organs, she was fed three quart* of com meal daily in two feeds, corn having previously been found to tend rapi-lly to flesh. In | hot weather she was stabled from the I midday sun.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 35, 18 October 1882, Page 3
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126A FAMOU JERSEY COW. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 35, 18 October 1882, Page 3
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