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to be raised, and later many are sold froin there to 'Belgium for milk 

 and beef. Eegistered cows of good quality are worth from $120 to 

 $200. 



FEED AND CARE. 



The cows are turned to pasture about ^May first. During the cold, 

 damp days of early spring the cows wear blankets in the pasture to 

 protect them from the weather. At milking time they are not driven 



to the barn, but are milked in the 

 pasture, or a paddock, and the 

 milk brought back with a horse or 

 dogs and cart. ■ At the approach 

 of the cold winds of November the 

 cattle are taken from the pastures 

 and put into the stable and not let 

 out again until the following 

 spring. 



The feeding is done by the 

 farmer, and all the feed, and 

 many times the water, is carried in between the cows from the rear. 

 The winter grain consists almost entirely of oil cake, fed only to the 

 heavy milkers in quantities of from two to four pounds a day. The 

 principal feed, however, is hay, each cow receiving nearly thirty pounds 

 daily. It takes the great capacity of these cows to handle such a large 

 quantity of roughage, and special care is taken to see that they are 

 always ready for their feed. The cows are given the best of care. They 



Calf market, Leeuwarden, Holland. 



"Beast Market," Leeuwarden, Holland, where hundreds of farmers, in their long blue 

 frocks and wooden shoes, gather one day each week. 



