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Milch beasts should never be exposed by 

 NIGHT, to the m clemency of the winter 

 season, which chills them, and dries up part 

 of their milk, keeping them backward in 

 all beneficial respects. At any rate, they 

 should have a well-littered shed, in which 

 they may repose in comfort, and with their 

 loins dry, a matter of great consequence to 

 their health. 



The ANNUAL CONSUMPTION of food per 

 cow, if turned to grass, is from one acre to 

 an acre and a half in the summer, and from 

 a ton to a ton and a half of hay in the win- 

 ter. A cow may be allowed two pecks of 

 carrots per day. The grass being cut and 

 carried, will economize it full one third. 



The ANNUAL PRODUCT of a good fair 

 dairy cow, during several months after 

 calving, and either in summer or winter, if 

 duly fed and kept in the latter season, will 

 be an average of seven pounds of butter 

 per week, from ^ve to three gallons of 

 milk per day. Afterwards, a weekly ave- 

 rage of three or four pounds of butter from 

 barely half the quantity of milk. It de- 



