272 Management of Dairy Cattle. 



The COWS, No, 2 and No. 7, stall A, calved in September. 

 Soon after calving each yielded 20 quarts per day. On their 

 first weighing, No, 2 weighed 9 cwt. 3 qrs, ; No, 7, 9 cwt. 2 qrs. 

 At the next. No. 2 had lost 28 lbs. ; No, 7 had exactly maintained 

 its weip-ht. On this being discovered, the attendant was ordered 

 to give No. 2 a little bean-meal in addition. At the expiration 

 of 16 weeks No, 2 gave 16 quarts. No, 7, 12 quarts per day ; their 

 respective weights were — No, 2, 9 cwt, 3 qrs,, having regained her 

 weight, and No, 7, 9 cwt, 3 qrs, 20 lbs, having gained 48 lbs. 

 Eight weeks later, with a reduced yield of milk, No. 2 weighed 

 10 cwt., having gained 28 lbs, ; No. 7, 104 lbs. from the time of 

 calving, ^o. 2 was free from calf; No. 7 in the incipient 

 stage of calf; five others, also marked C, were in like state of 

 incipient calf. 



No. 4, stall B, which shows the greatest gain, was far 

 advanced in calf, giving but little milk. 



Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, and 11, in stall B, which had gained re- 

 spectively 8;^ lbs., 7 lbs., 7 lbs., 7 lbs., 8 lbs. per week, were in 

 course of fattening. I do not keep a separate account of the yield 

 of each cow : the average yield of this class during the 16 weeks 

 will have been about 8 quarts per day each ; those gaining at a 

 less rate per week — Nos. 4, 5, &c. in stall A, and 9, 10, &c. in 

 stall B — may be reckoned as giving a greater yield of milk. 



In February and March, 1856, four cows which had calved at 

 the like period of 1855, were sold as fat for 19/. 15.?. each ; at the 

 same time, in 1856, I bought cows of equal quality and capability, 

 dry, or giving a small quantity of milk under ordinary treatment, 

 at 11/, to 13/, each, to fatten which wall require six months. 



