On town milk / by John Chalmers Morton.

  • Morton, John Chalmers, 1821-1888.
Date:
1868
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On town milk / by John Chalmers Morton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Week ending. Number of Ck)w8 at end of Week. Number of Days MilUliig of a Cow during Week. Total Produce of Milk during Week. Gallons per Cow Daily during Week. 1S66. Cows. Days. Gallons. Gallons. Oct. 5 8 56 101 2-8S I'i 8 56 188 3-36 9 ) 19 14 93 310 3 •3-2 ) J 26 23 148 435 3-06 » J Nov. 23 161 545i 3-38 t» 9 23 161 549 3-4 1 > 16 23 161 540 3-34 J» 23 2S 191 596 3-12 1 9 30 35 231 695 3-0 Dec. 7 3.T 245 777 3-08 ff» 14 44 276 824 3-0 »» 21 46 312 958 3-06 »1 28 53 346 1,095 3-14 186 7. Jan. 4 57 384 1,170 3 04 11 61 411 1,234 3*0 »• 18 70 458 1,365 3 0 9 * OKI 72 496 1,475 2*7 Feb. 1 77 524 1,575 3-0 » 9 8 87 594 1,736 2-92 > > 13 87 6(19 1,831 3-0 « t Mar. 22 94 651 1,929 2-96 1 95 695 1,961 2-8 > » 8 132 793 2,167 2-6 15 169 1,040 3,067 2-94 22 186 1,238 3,631 2-92 » f April 1 « 29 192 1,357 3,970 2-92 5 204 1,420 3,876 2-72 12 207 1,434 3,698 2-40 19 202 1,437 3,675 2-56 » 9 26 ; 203 1,421 3,702 2-6 May 3 1 203 1,421 3,615 2-54 10 j 224 1,515 4,040 2-60 5 J 17 1 224 1,568 4,351 2-77 ■a *3 c 3;°; *— ^ to e O CO to m a \A M) n '-d o U 5 =3 1 o ^ to ^ 3 O 'O 31 a. r- a <u o s o 03 a o~ o ^ c3 ^ o Cows Days Gallons. Gallons. May 24 1 ^on J. 'iWQ ^ f OOa , , 31 June 7 4 830 9 • 79 1 7r. A 1 t / U't A R9 7 9 • 79 O K Q J.0O 1 , / DO 4 , / ow Z DO 21 1 77*% *t J DOO z uo July D L , / OO 4,501 ZOO I , /OO 9 • ^0 i oy J.O0 ^ , UOrr 9*97 ,, 19 Oit7 1 70Q 1 « / Zv ^ QI n O f £/ L U 9 • 9A ,, 26 & tin O OA7 1 70Q 9*91 9Q7 ZO 1 J , D 0 y 3 739 9 .9K .. 9 ZOi O J U J o 9 * 9n . > lo lib 1 OQU £. • -400 1 (0 ,, 23 111 111 77 7 it* 1J ^ oo 1 oy ,, 30 dm* C o6pt. o 111 1 L1 7 77 t i i I J.'41 1 I fiO 1 1 00 111 ill 777 i t I 1 J -iUO 1 0^ 1 Q ,, 13 111 111 i i i 1 Afl*? L J 4;v.'0 1 *R9 L oZ 20 111 111 777 i i i 1 A1 ft 1 • R9 1 0<i UCt. 4 111 1 1 1 777 i i i 1 ■ RR 111 111 77 7 tit 1 A\ A 1 • R9 1 1 .) 11 111 111 777 i i i 1 ^^.Q 1 y Ooy 1 • 7 Q 1 /o 11 18 111 111 777 t i i 1) ooy 1 • 7 1 /4: 25 iSOV. 1 lUU 7QQ / oy 1 fOOo 1 0 J 1 f\n lUU 7nr» / uu i, zoo 1 • Q 1 0 Q > > 8 no 1 1QH 1J1 yu ,, 15 yz AAA 1 1 O 1 1 , 1 z 1 1 7,i ,, 22 92 644 1,060 1-64 ,, 29 Dec. 6 92 644 983 1-52 90 630 987 1-56 .. 13 79 578 1,087 2'09 20 78 546 1,099 2-19 27 73 511 1,076 2-1 Total .. 57,334 139,746^ \ 2.44 of milk produced in twelve months, dividing it by the number of days of a cow milked during those twelve months ; and so repre- senting the average daily produce of the cow during the whole year. I fear that these figures (let alone the fact which we may infer from them, that disastrous losses, if not from cattle plague, from pleuro-pneumonia and from foot-and-mouth disease, are possible) are not particularly enccjuraging. We have been receiving 1«. 5</, to 1«. 8</. the barn-gallon—i. e., from 2^d. to 2\d. per quart—for this milk upon the farm. We have been ])aying more