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Milking- timo in a Scotch stable, 

 ing- pails in foregroinad 



Receiv- 



Ijeini'c slidwiiig. 'I'o pi-cvciit friiud in all conipciilioMS, cows are milked 

 out in the open. Foolish fads are tj^radnally passing away, and at the 

 present time color does not count for much in the Ayrshire show ring 

 in Great Britain. 



PEED AND CARE. 



The cows are usually given nothing but pasture during the sum- 

 mer from May 10 until September. After, this they get the aftermath 

 in the meadows, which keeps them until about November 1. Soiling 



crops are not fed, excepting some 

 cabbage in the fall. The amoimt 

 of pasture required per cow for 

 tlie summer will vary from one 

 and one-half to three acres, de- 

 pending upon the land. During 

 the winter, dry cows are fed some 

 roots, and all the straw they will 

 eat, but no hay or grain. Cows 

 giving milk usually receive about 

 12 pounds of straw, 6 pounds of 

 hay and some grain — the amount 

 varying greatly, depending upon the production of the cow. The 

 Scotchman feeds his good producers well, but does not waste grain on 

 dry cows or those giving a small amount of milk. As a rule, the grain 

 consists of bean meal, Indian com meal, oil cake, bran and dried brewers' 

 grains. The cows are turned out each day for a half hour during the 

 winter to drink from a pond, stream or trough. They are given warm 

 slop in the stable at mid-day. 



Calves are never allowed to suckle their dams, but are fed whole 

 milk for six weeks, then skim milk or whey, with an addition of oil cake 

 until they are five months old. After this they are given nothing but 

 good pasture, when it is available. Yearling heifers are maintained 

 exclusively on pasture during the summer, and in the winter they are 

 given oat straw with 2 pounds of cake per day, or hay and no cake. 



FARM BTTILDINGS. 



The buildings on the farms are 

 usually made of stone, with slate 

 roofs. These are naturally sub- 

 stantially built, and many of 

 them last for more than a cen- 

 tury. The buildings are usually 

 placed around an open court, — 



Buildings of a Scotch farmer. House in 

 center, cow barn on rig-ht, and tool shed 

 on left, forming a court in center. 



