Lancaster Gazette in Lancaster, Ohio

Ayrshire cow yields butter at extraordinary rate

A Country Gentleman correspondent reports on a Stratham New Hampshire Ayrabire cow owned by Scninmon. The owner claims the cow produced about 610 pounds of butter in a year totaling near 40 pounds daily for the year while averaging roughly 12 pounds per wool of butter. He states feeding included hay oats meat and berries and notes seasonal variation and a high yield compared with a neighbor’s cow.