S70 Management of Griiss, 



at liberty, that length of time, it is obvious, 

 mast have taken a very considerable num- 

 ber of acres. To enable the meadow to 

 support this exhaustion from the scythe, it 

 should be cleared at the end of every au- 

 tumn, from all kinds of weeds and rubbish, 

 and fresh grass-seeds of the best kinds, cast 

 upon the bare places. A coat of good ma- 

 nure should be then allowed, consisting of 

 all that can be collected from the household, 

 or procured elsewhere, mixed up and aug- 

 mented with virgin earth. The garden will 

 assist with its superfluity in feeding the cow, 

 and lettuces, as a change of diet, will help 

 to force the secretion of milk. Should the 

 green food scour the cow, a small quantity 

 of good hay must be allowed daily. 



The few advocates for the economical 

 mode of feeding cows, always direct them 

 to be kept entirely in the house, both sum- 

 mer and winter, a practice to which I have 

 strong objections, not only on the score of 

 the animal's health and comfort, but that 

 I have always experienced exercise abroad 

 to increase the quantity of milk. Thus the 



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