Amateurs — Value of MWd 267 



food is considerable, more especially wit! 

 respect to any which must be purchased, 

 and if the produce be inconsiderable, it may 

 be a losing concern. You may be feeding 

 a sparing milker into flesh, and if you stint 

 her, or allow only ordinary food, you get 

 neither flesh nor milk. Amateurs in this 

 line should procure the largest milkers, and 

 I had almost said, give them gold could 

 they eat it. In this case, it may be de- 

 pended on, milk is always of more value 

 than the best cow food, which is the jit; 

 and a cow, the natural tendency of which, 

 is to breed milk, will convert all nourish- 

 ment, however dry and substantial, into 

 that fluid ; in fact, requires such soUd kind 

 of nourishment, to support her strength, 

 and stimulate her to procreation, whicli 

 otherwise, such are very apt to be defici- 

 ent in, and frequently to miss their hulliu^j; 

 at the proper season. Another great ob- 

 ject for our crack cow-master and lady of 

 the snug rural mansion, is to have milk, 

 cream, and butter, in a generous abun- 

 dance and high quality, throughout the win- 



