Examination of J. & J. Darlington’s Cows, October 2d.
The commission visited the herds of Messrs. J. & J. Darlington, October
2, at Darlington station, on Westchester road, Delaware county. These
gentlemen make the finest butter and get the largest price in the market.
Their dairy is admirably arranged. They have farms of four hundred and
eighty acres, and have a herd of one hundred and sixty-seven cows. They
had selected about a fair sample of the herd in two lots of cows. The
first lot, from No. 9 to 33, was on one farm, and those numbered from 1
to 14 on the other farm. These gentlemen kept no test of the quality of
any cow’s milk, and have no exact record of the quantity given by any
cow; but as they are experienced dairymen, and thoroughly practical men,
they knew about what each cow was giving in milk, and about its general
quality, and sufficient to pronounce the grade of each cow, whether
first, second, or third class. Therefore, in their record they do not
give the exact record, as the committee would have desired, so as to
compare with their own estimates, but they give the general qualities
of the cow, and the two records must be compared from that stand point.
Another matter must be taken into consideration. The Messrs. Darlington
are liberal feeders, which accounts partly for their rich, tasty butter,
and tends to make their cows do full work. A standard of quarts for
first, second, and third class, upon which to estimate the qualities of
the cows, was agreed upon between the commission and Messrs. Darlington.
J. & J. DARLINGTON’S ACCOUNT. |GUENON COMMISSION’S ACCOUNT.
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_No. 9._— |_No. 9._—Grade Durham.—Bicorn, second.
Quantity, first. | Quantity, second.
Time, six to eight weeks. | Quality, second.
First-class cow. | Time, four to six weeks.
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_No. 61._— |_No. 61._—Grade Durham.—Imperfect
| Flanders, third.
Quantity, second. | Quantity, second class.
Time, six to eight weeks. | Quality, second class.
Second class cow. | Time, two months.
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_No. 4._— |_No. 4._—Grade Durham.—Flanders, third.
Quantity, third. | Quantity, third.
Time, four to six weeks. | Quality, second.
Third class cow. | Dry one month.
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_No. 1._— |_No. 1._—Grade Durham.—Flanders, sec’d.
Quantity, first. | Quantity, second.
Time, four to six weeks. | Quality, second.
First-class cow. | Up to her time.
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_No. 41._— |_No. 41._—Grade Durham.—Flanders.
Quantity, first. | Quantity, first.
Time, four to six weeks. | Quality, second.
First-class cow. | Time, six weeks to two months.
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_No. 22._— |_No. 22._—Grade Durham.—Flanders, 2d.
Quantity, first. | Quantity, first.
Time, four to six weeks. | Quality, first.
First-class cow. | Up to time, say four to six weeks.
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_No. 6._— |_No. 6._—Grade Durham.—Imperfect
Quantity, third. | Flanders.
Time, six to eight weeks. | Quantity, third.
Third class cow. | Quality, second.
| Dry eight to ten weeks.
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_No. 7._— |_No. 7._—Grade.—Flanders, with bastard
Quantity, second. | marks.
Time, eight to ten weeks. | Quantity, second.
Second class cow. | Quality, second.
| Up to her time, six weeks.
| Reëxamined, and shows bastard marks.
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_No. 67._— |_No. 67._—Grade Durham.—Imperfect
Quantity, first. | Flanders.
Time, four to six weeks. | Quantity, first.
First-class cow. | Quality, second.
| Dry eight weeks.
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_No. 19._— |_No. 19._—Grade.—Selvage, third.
Quantity, third. | Quantity, third.
Time, two to three weeks. | Quality, second.
Third class cow. | Dry eight weeks.
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_No. 32._— |_No. 32._—Durham.—Flanders, third,
Quantity, third. | partly bastard.
Time, two to three weeks. | Quantity, second.
Third class cow. | Quality, second.
| Dry eight weeks.
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_No. 1._— |_No. 1._—Grade.—Flanders, third.
Agrees with the commission. | Quantity, second.
Second class cow. | Quality, second.
Dry about two months. | Dry two months.
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_No. 2._— |_No. 2._—Grade.—Flanders, second.
Agrees with commission. | Quantity, first.
First-class cow. | Quality, first.
Dry four to six weeks. | Dry four to six weeks.
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_No. 3._— |_No. 3._—Grade.—Imperfect Flanders.
Second class cow. | Quantity, first.
Dry about six weeks. | Quality, first.
| Dry six weeks.
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_No. 4._— |_No. 4._—Grade.—Flanders, second.
Agrees with committee. | Quantity, second.
Second class cow. | Quality, second.
Large milker, but fails too |
soon. |
Dry from six to eight weeks. | Dry six to eight weeks.
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_No. 5._— |_No. 5._—Grade, Durham.
Large milker. | Quantity, second.
First-class. | Quality, second.
Dry six to eight weeks. | Dry eight to ten weeks.
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_No. 6._— |_No. 6._—Grade.—Horizontal, first.
Agrees with committee. | Quantity, second.
Second class. | Quality, second.
Dry three to four weeks. | Dry four to six weeks.
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_No. 7._— |_No. 7._—Grade.—Curveline, second.
First-class in every respect. | Quantity, second.
Best in the herd. | Quality, third.
Dry four to eight weeks. | Dry four to six weeks.
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_No. 8._— |_No. 8._—Grade, Durham.—Horizontal,
| first.
Agrees with committee. | Quantity, second.
Good second class. | Quality, second.
Dry four to six weeks. | Dry four to six weeks.
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_No. 9._— |_No. 9._—Grade.—Flanders, a Gauche.
First-class. | Quantity, second.
Dry four to six weeks. | Quality, second.
| Dry six weeks.
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_No. 10._— |_No. 10._—Grade.—Flanders, second.
Agrees with commission’s. | Quantity, second.
Second class. | Quality, second.
Dry six to eight weeks. | Dry six weeks.
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_No. 11._— |_No. 11._—Grade.—Double selvage.—Some
First-class. | bastard marks.
Dry about eight weeks. | Quantity, second.
| Quality, second.
| Dry ten to twelve weeks.
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_No. 12._— |_No. 12._—Grade.—Imperfect Flanders.
Agrees with commission’s. | Quantity, first.
First-class. | Quality, second.
Dry six to eight weeks. | Dry six weeks.
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_No. 13._— |_No. 13._—Grade, Durham.—Flanders,
| third.
Agrees with commission. | Quantity, third.
Third class. | Quality, third.
Dry four to six weeks. | Dry six to eight weeks.
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_No. 14._— |_No. 14._—Grade.—Flanders, second.
Agrees with commission. | Quantity, first.
First-class. | Quality, second.
Dry two to three weeks. | Up to her time.
We were present at the examination of our stock by the
Pennsylvania Guenon Commission, on October 2d, and have
examined the accounts here rendered, with the original written
opinions, and find them to correspond. The accounts were given
by both parties without either knowing anything of the accounts
of the other.
(Signed) J. & J. DARLINGTON.
Having given the results of their work, the commission would now leave
the further solution of the problem to the practical dairymen of the
State. They, of course, expect that not only their report, but also the
correctness of the system, will be criticised; but if this criticism is
conducted with a spirit of fairness, and with a view to obtain the truth,
they fully believe the result will be favorable.
By direction of the commission.
WILLIS P. HAZARD,
_Secretary_.