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cow cannot possibly yield a sufficient an- 

 nual supply of milk and butter for a family, 

 however small, both on account of the ne- 

 cessary falling off of her produce, as she 

 advances in her pregnancy, and of the pe- 

 riod in which it will be proper for her to go 

 dry. Two cows will therefore be neces- 

 sary for even a moderate family, and any 

 surplus produce of this kind, always finds a 

 ready disposal. The second cow may be 

 purchased at convenience, with respect to 

 time and need of her in the dairy. 



Size is a matter of importance which 

 must be regulated by the quantity and na- 

 ture of the keep which a proprietor may 

 have at command. If he have a sufficient 

 range of good grass-land, in course, he 

 can afford to keep the largest breed of 

 cows ; but if he possess but little, and or- 

 dinary grass, or intend to shift his cows 

 upon a common, he must make choice of 

 small stock, which will shift with a moderate 

 bite, and are not too heavy to labour 

 through the day in order to fill themselves. 

 However, on such provision only, except- 



