The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-01-01
farmers Dep artment.
Correspondence of The Cecil Wing.
CELEBRATED MILK COWS.

my stock of Cows were OF the Durham
Devon, Ayrshire. or of what particular
breed! and whether had ever kept an
exact account Of the milk and butter by
any one for any period how fed, what
their size =! sc.
As willing as always am to t-i' the
most know about cows, crops or chick
ems of the Shanghai breeds, yo" have
rather cot me at fault in regard to the
pedigree or name of breeds OF nv cattle;
for they are rather of the nccfdentn
breed: tho like everything else, how
ever, they had beginning.
The cow from which my stock orlgl-
mated was, so far as ever knew, of no
particular breed. She was from Kent
county, Maryland, and was raised by a
Mr.. Sappington near Georgetown y
Roads. She was very small; never rated
at over $50 lbs. when on foot, but when
killed fell far short of that weight. In
color she was not red as the Devon are,
but mostly yellow; her skin very rich
cream color. was induced to purchase
her by the advice Of ii lady, Mrs. Levi
Roulaen, ofDelawale City. "Alr. Jones
buy that COW, for we purchase lbs. OF
butter wecl, from hel owner, after they
use cream and butter for J. persons" |
took the lady's advice and bought her
for eighteen dollars; and for the want OF
a name I called her Mary, after the eX.
cellent dairy maid who MIXED her.
This small COW was the dam of Yellow
Flower, whose sire was my own bull
of similar origin "ToM BENTON, a pow
erful animal. So much Tor Pedigree.
BY reference to my book of the farm,
| find the following:
June 4th, 1S40.-Commencpd milking
Yellow Flower 3 times day with the
view ofascertainiEg the amount ofbuttrr
she will make in one week, as well as the
quantity of milk required TO make one ID.
OF butter. The result was as follows ::
June 4th, 2G quarts; 9Th. IS qts.; 9th,
% qts.; 18th, % qts,; Sth. Is qts.; 9th, %
qts; 10th, % qs. On the 7th we churned
the milk of the first two days, and got a. !
lbs. Of butter, equal TO ,. per day. The
weather was too warm for further trial;
the thermometer standing at SO. We
will try her again at some other time.
A the time of this trial commenced
giving the COW meal and presume over
dosed her, for she fell OF in her milking,
but come too again, as Stacked up feed
ing.
May 9th, 1Sl4.-We this day mea-
sured the milk from Yellow Flower.
She gave 14l qts.; s! quarts Of which
was in the morning and 8 OTIS. at night
This trial was without any other feed
than good pasture, such as all other stock
was fed on. The amount of butter made
from this days milking ! lbs. and the
weight of one cent. This milking was
eleven months after caIvng, and conse-
quently was when cows are generally
in the lowest stage of milking. yellow
Flower had been constantly MIXED from
the time first noted, and continued to
give milk constantly aItho' having calves
annually till within l6 days OF being 7
years old, or, constant milk, at which
time had to have her shot on account
Of an injury received.
Jan. 10, S52.-"BEAuTY" was milk.
ed this day and gave l6 OTIS. and l pint
of milk. had it churned; the WELD
was one ID. 3 or. or at the rate of little
over s. lbs. per week. Beauty at the
time ofthis trial was only years and 4
months old, her grand dam and sire were
both calves of Yellow Flower. She was
well MIXED the evening before this trial
She bids fair to be a good COW both for
milk and butter. A COW is not in her
prime till in her sixth year.
was led TO the first trial of Yellow
Flower by lnquiring of that celebrated
dairy man, John Booth, OF your county,
what constitutes IA good COW, and how
much milk it took to make one ID. of
butter; who stated that 20 ats. per dav
for 20 weeks had been attained but that
10 q.. for 20 weeks was good general
average and that 10 OTIS. of good aver
age milk would make Id. of butter.
In this trial it took trii!e over 10 ats.
but she was meal fed
| was induced to make the 2nd trial
from reading an experiment of Mr..
Cramp of England, who had COW frow
which he made an average Of Is lbs.
per day, for 4 years. This COW was we'll
kept, as the high protective prices of
England, will justify every body of
every business to do every thing in the
best manner. 1t can hardly be suppos-
ed that Mr.. Cramp kept every days
milk and butter separate, but that he
arrived at the results by averaging from
time 70 time. BY the same mode TAX
ing the highest quantity of butter made
on the Tth of June, lo4i-sav q lbs.
and the lowest stage of milking that of
pasture without extra feed, at ID. and
Q o., it will be seen that the Yellow
Flower OF Bohemia Manor, whose