284« Food and Management, 



years in his possession. She was fed in 

 summer on clover, rye-grass, lucerne, and 

 cai^ots, three or four times a day. In 

 winter with hay, bran and grains, properly 

 mixed, and often fed, particularly when 

 milking. The manger kept clean, no sour 

 gi-ains or rotten or mouldy vegetables given, 

 on any account, and the cow never suffer- 

 ed to overcharge her stomach, but to be 

 well filled, and kept with a good healthy 

 appetite. She was never tied upj and always 

 had her choice to he abroad, or in the house. 

 Always when milked, dripped clean to 

 the last drop. Being so well kept, she 

 went dry only seventeen days before 

 calving. The country is under great 

 obligation to Mr. Cramp, for such an ex- 

 ample, by which it is hoped, our dairymen 

 and housewives will not fail to profit. It is 

 a useful practice of Mr. Cramp to give his 

 cow a double-handful of malt-diist, mixed 

 with a feed of grains and pollard, with- 

 out exceeding that quantity of the malt- 

 dust. Potatoes given to cows may be 



