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equal to clover, to give a full flow of milk, and I have never 

 heard that it was not of good quality. 



The gentleman remarks that he doesn't think that the kind 

 of food makes any diflerence in the quality of the milk ; but 

 I think it makes a great difference ; because, if I feed tur- 

 nips to my cows, my customers will tell me at once that I 

 have been feeding turnips ; they taste them immediately in 

 the milk. Then, again, Mr. Lewis don't provide for any 

 change of food. I think "variety is the spice of life," and 

 it is just as true with regard to stock, as it is with regard to 

 men. Animals want variety and a change of food con- 

 stantly, just as we do. 



Mr. Lewis. Let us carry out this beautiful theory a 

 little further, and make our pastures so that we can change 

 our cows twice a day. Why not? The greater the number 

 o^ pastures, according to the gentleman's theory, the better 

 the cows will do. Isn't my position true ? 



Mr. Pekry. No, sir. I should say, to a certain extent ; 

 that is, have four or six pastures. 



Mr. Leavis. " Four or six ! " There is no charm in either 

 of those numbers. If you had said seven, you would have hit 

 my superstitious bump. 



Mr. Perry. I Avould say more than one ; I would say less 

 than eight. 



Mr. Lewis. I declare, I cannot for my life see the point. 

 The itlea that it is not best for a cow to have her food uniformh' 

 from one day to another, is something passing strange to me. 

 I think that if a cow is fed with uniform food, — has her food 

 as good to-day as it was yesterday, and as good yesterday as 

 it was the day before, and just the same, — that cow's product 

 will be greater, her satisfaction Avill be greater, her health Avill 

 be more perfect, and she Avill l^e much better contented and sat- 

 isfied in one pasture, where her food is uniform from day to 

 day-, than she will to lead this rambling, roving life from one 

 pasture to another. Does not every man know, who is ac- 

 quainted with the habits of a cow, that the oftener you change 

 the field of that cow, the more dissatisfied she is, the more she 

 is inclined to roam and find weak spots in the fence ! She is 

 not satisfied with the enclosure in which she is placed until 

 she has looked it all over, and found some place to get out 



