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as manure pit, and gangway for the teams which 

 deposit from time to time their contributions of 

 muck and turf. Midway of this central area is a 

 covered cistern, from which, as occasion demands, 

 the drainage of the stalls may be pumped up to 

 drench the accumulating stock of fertilizing material. 



This simple building, which serves as the summer 

 quarters of the dairy, is picturesque in its outline ; 

 for I know no reason why economy should abjure 

 grace, or why farm construction should be uncouth 

 or tawdry. 



A small pasture-close, with strong fencing 

 with gates that will not swag, and with abundance 

 of running water, supplied from the hills, serves as 

 an exercising ground for the cows for two hours 

 each day. Othertimes, throughout the growing sea 

 son, they belong in the open and airy stalls. The 

 crops which are to feed them, are pushing luxuri 

 antly within a stone s throw of their quarters. An 

 active man with a sharp scythe, a light horse-cart 

 and Canadian pony, will look after the feeding of a 

 herd of fifty, with time to spare for milking and stall 

 cleaning. 



From the tenth of May to the first of June, per 

 haps nothing will contribute so much to a full flow 

 of milk, as the fresh-springing grass upon some out 

 lying pasture on the hills. After this, the cows 



