Examination of Moses Eastburn’s Cow, Beauty.
| Account of Moses Eastburn. | Opinions of the Commission. |
|---|---|
| Cow, Beauty.—Age, 9 years. Calved March 20, 1878. | Beauty.—Jersey. Curveline, 2d. |
| Greatest yield of milk per day about 17 or 18 quarts. Yield May 24, 1878, 16 quarts. Duration of yield of milk, ten months. | Quantity, 18 quarts. |
| Quality of milk, 9 quarts to make a pound of butter. Butter made in eight and a half months, 302½ pounds. | Quality, first class. |
| Time, well up to her time. |
“This is to certify that I was present at the examination of my cow, Beauty, this first of sixth month, 1878, by the committee to test the Guenon system, and find their report to correspond with the within statement.
Moses Eastburn.”
Solebury, Bucks county.
Examination of Colonel James Young’s Herd, at Middletown.
The Commission visited the large farms of Colonel James Young, near Middletown, and examined thirty-seven head of cows and heifers, among which were some of the finest Jersey cows in the State. His whole stock is well-fed and cared for, and are in fine condition. He supplies Middletown with the best of milk. Colonel Young does not keep a record of the performances of his cows, and the commission were therefore obliged to examine the cows, and after making their record, to compare it, item by item of each cow separately, with the knowledge of them had by his very intelligent dairy-woman, who has charge of the cows and the milk, and knows their characters as milk and butter producers well; also has a record of the times of calving of all the cows. The estimates of the commission agreed with hers, on all the hundred and eleven points, except nine points, and where they differed, that difference was in two cases on the quality, and in the other cases on the time. The commission attribute their unanimity on this herd, to the careful selection and breeding of Colonel Young, to his good feeding, and the excellent care that the animals have. These points constantly looked after, maintain the excellence of the herd, and as a consequence the escutcheons correspond, for, as the colonel says, “he never saw a good escutcheon without being on a good animal, and never saw a good animal without a good escutcheon.”
Middletown, November 1, 1878.
“We were present when the commission visited our farms, and examined the stock, and we think they judged rightly of it, in nearly every case—we should say within five per cent. of being entirely correct.
We have examined the account to be printed with the original record, and find it to be correct and corresponding.