273 Suffolk and Norfolk Bang, 



such an admirable commodity, but it is not 

 worth repetition elsewhere, being, as tlie 

 case stands, merely an inducement to peo- 

 ple to waste good milk, The bang of Suf- 

 folk and Norfolk is misapplied, it ought to 

 be cut into latches for gates, a use to which 

 I have formerly seen it applied in those 

 counties. 



Management of the cow. The age of 

 neat cattle is determinable by the teeth 

 and liorns, for the particulars of which, 

 see the General Treatise on Cattle, Pe- 

 riod of GESTATION iu the cow, according 

 to an average, tivo hundred and eighty- 

 seven days, or forty-one weeks, with a 

 bull-calf; a cow-calf comes a week soon- 

 er. The cow's desire for^the bull, every 

 three weeks of the season, should be par- 

 ticidarly attended to, so that her milk may be 

 renewed. These animals are extremely 

 liable to abortion, and should be kept from 

 alarm, as much as possible, and out of the 

 way of carrion and ill scents. They are 

 ladies as subject to /n/5/mc passion as their 

 betters. They should, particularly, not be 



