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cents, would bring $720, or a difference of $680, and a loss 

 of $ttOO on butter alone. The extra amount of sour milk 

 produced in the former case, as feed for calves and hogs, 

 would be of considerable value, and the value of so large 

 an amount of grain fed, as a fertilizer for our worn out 

 farms, 1 shall not attempt to estimate, but think it' much 

 cheaper and better than to buy the popular phosphates,, 

 which are so much resorted to at the present day. 



A few words with regard to raising dairy stock, as it is 

 quite as important and difficult as any part of dairying. 

 Calves should be allowed to run with the cow until two or 

 three days old, then they should be separated and put some 

 distance apart, so that they Avill not hear each other's calls^^ 

 and where the calf can have plenty of exercise. It is then 

 fed about three quarts of new milk for one week, then on 

 milk set twelve hours for another, and then on milk set 

 twenty-four hours, and so gradually change it to sour milk^ 

 making it about the same temperature as milk drawn from 

 the cow. At this time, or when the calf is about four weeks 

 old, it will begin to eat hay, which should be kept by it, and 

 it should be fed a little bran or oats or both, in a small box 

 prepared for the purpose. The amount should be very small 

 at first, and gradually increased, without increasing the 

 amount of milk fed. In this way, the calf can be kept in a 

 healthy condition, avoiding all those difficulties arising from 

 over feeding with sour milk and meal. When it is of suita- 

 ble age, it may be turned to pasture, if desirable, but will be 

 inuch better if kept up through the hot weather. Much 

 care should be taken, as cold weather comes on, that they 

 do not suffer from cold nights and storms, but that they 



