Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-06-17
PARTICULARS OF rs9 r1sr OF
EUROJtSAMA

of NV CIV, IhfOttsama Ssss~i
She made In one year. from April -,
iss9, to April ~, is?D. (hoth inclusive,
pis pounds . ounces of good merchant
able butter. saltci one ounce Ia the
pound.
Through the year the butter wa.
churncd only once q week. Her best
week Was the eighth. which weighed =.
pounds, I IL ouncr, and has been 80
registered. The beat four weeks was from
the >th Ia the iith, which produced v.
pounds, Ia ounccs. The hr.t three
months were the largest, and produced 30
pounds, I l-a ounces. or about J pounds,
J ounces pcr dsy. The frat slx months
made Si9 pounds, . u ounces, or an
than pounds per day.
Each milking throughout the year
wss weighed. ani the record observed
hut desm n sufficient Ia give hcrc only
general sistemcnt of II, anil for con-
,enlence In quarts.
The maximum produc, wss about L.
10 quarts per day, which contlnued un-
til the ?lst week, when u fell To, say
"a - quarts, which With sllgh, vsris.
tions, rontinuei until the 9Th week,
when Il fell to n quarts, which. excepting
onc- or tNiCc When from special causes
II fcll q little helow that, was the mlni-
mum: bat u never ros. much after each
dup. IN. circumstances attending
thsss deCllne. Ia product ~ milk vii
app@ar forward. when the correspond
Ing falling off of buiter !. noticed.
Eurntisama's feel WAS also carefully
notsSi. from beginning 10 the end 81 the
test II would bc tedious and ~ little Va.
Ia give u herr In detail, a. IL was not
much varis,l from week Ia week. except
Ing for long periods. or for some sp@cial
rvason ~ her condition. She began
~iih - pound. 10 grain per day, of one
ihiri each coru meal. ground oats aud
wh.st mhidllng.. Thl. was reduced ~.
trr = month io ~ pounds la same pro-
portions. which Tor mo.t 81 the period
thereafter continued Ca he the ration. u
~as, hoSc,sr. occasionally raised ani
irupi.Si sgain. for .peyisl r-a.on.. NJ
the end of the foufth week bran ~as
substituted Zoe mildling.. anil continued
I think With advantage In "a" change.
The graln Nas Invariably miNci With
cold water. and som. portion ~ the RI
tion Nas generally spread upon hav or
ensllagr. IN. aho,. WAS "a. maximum
and minimum qa,n'liy 10 grain, cNc.p'-
lng that during the last month u was.
for a little while. r,Sluc-,i to ~ pounds
n .hoald he stated that sometimes Que
pound of oil meal was substituted for
The .ame quantity 20 corn meal. but
" Nlih no eii,sJt that could h. observed. In
addition io the grain, the co~'sfc'i ~a'
a. follows
During the season, about thrre hours
pr day. 90 fair psstur-, and what hsy
IA. would readily take. After th" .ea-
.on she was kept In the barn all the time,
rNcepl Tor exercise every fair dsy. sni
her fed then Na. cut ani steamed haN
snd en.llag-. generally some ~ both
each dav. and alNsys With part of her
grain ration. miN.,l With ". The hav
"a. not welgh-d, hat given la such
quantity a. shc would readily eat, ani
about one-half bush-l ~ cnslhge. Md
Zach dsy peck ~ either carrot. or bcci';
the carrots b~lug preferred.
She weighed IN octobsr - pounds.
~h~ droptssi q bull calf hv Golden Hio'sr
ls0ls. on the iih ~ April, ls>a, about
tNn week. heiorr M. tsst h-gan, ani
a.. not .sr,e,i until November, Nhcu
he h.lI hy frst service. ~hs was i've
,rar. old when the te.t b-gsn, ani h,d
had only thr,. living calves; all bull..
She lot hy abortion in the pasture her
ur.t calf. Nhrrv ~. was overlooked un-
til her u.i,ier ctkei, which rrsnliei IN
the almost ~ntir~ lo.. IL on" fore teal,
only frs drops ~ milk hclng At each
milking drawn from ".
Eurotissmi vas. ohNiously Nonief-
ful con from The fir.i dsV 10" came Ia
milk. un.ler thrrr wear. oil. III" mai~
her fret te.i Tor a week, producing ~
t.puni.. ~ IL ounc~s. when shr wns
wear. 10 mouth. ali. "ani .iill the wan-
.i.r grew A. shs n~tr~l the time ~
,al,lng. snl I,-f.l.tr,l In giving = COOL
of milk up to dropping her
,,,lf. n Was this p.r-i-irncr la giving
milk that lc,l m~ "a try her Tor year.
IN. Incident of mo.i Interest during
the t., vs. th. COW. sickness duriug
the aI.i w-.k. produced hy -iting stolen
saur apples. whi'h r-iuc"'i th" MIX as
have .taisl. AMI the butter frum = IL
t.aunds io L. pounds and although .h"
sIe,slll, rvcoV,rri from the attack, she
never increased either In milk or butter
tn TIE IhIWFf tINahihNs s''h Wv
of the tr.i Increased the butter yleliby
Increasing th" quantity ot corn meal
pound. p~r day; hut this could never D.
m mtlntains,i long. q. she would. after
little while. rrfuse to eat the whole 81
her ration. The result of thesc expert
menis Nas Ia demnnstrat- the value 81
corn meal a. q butter feed. The only
difficulty Was In her capacity At that time.
aud Ia her plc,horic condition, Ia digest
.o much. ENcep,ing a. to the sour ap-
pie Incident. her condition 81 health was
perfect all the time. and couiinues 80
Inc. the test VA. ended. Not q particle
of ANYTHING whatever. either medicine,
condimeut, or .iimulsnt., was taken by
the COW during the year ~ her te-t.
Euro,isams l. the double grrat grand
daughter 70 Euro,a.; tracing .l.o
through her sire several time. besides Ia
both Alphea and Hi0,er 81. call her q
line brcd Riotcr-Alphea.
I am particularly proud of having
bred both her aud her sire, aud that !
selected her dam and her sirc's dam, y.
calves, for the blood that Was In them,
aud for the ayowci purpose of trying 10
produce such COW as she is.-D. D.
Appleton, Ipswich, Mass, In The Jersey