Cultivation of Grafs Land.CoW kecping* Milking of by Cow-Fanners* 493 



Such trials, to afford any fatisfactory conclufions, mould have been continued 

 for a much greater length of time, being varied confiderably in the times of milk 

 ing, and nicely compared with the nature and quantity of the food employed ; as 

 it is only by afcertaining how much depends upon the fimple operation of taking 

 away the milk, and how much upon the quality and proportion of food that is 

 taken in, that the queftion can be fairly decided. It is not to be fuppofed that 

 merely increasing the number of milkings for a few days can have much influence 

 in altering the ftate of fecretion in the animals. 



Some in the intention of increafing the quantity of milk have recommended 

 milking, when the cows are fully fed in the fummer feafon, three times in the 

 courfe of the day at equal diftanceSi as the convenience of the bufinefs will admit, 

 as the mofr proper : Early in t-he morning, about the middle of the day, and in 

 the evening before it is too late. The exact proportion of increafe in the milk 

 that may be produced in this way over that of milking in the morning and evening 

 only, which is the ufual mode, has not, that we know of, been afcertained with 

 any degree of accuracy ; but fome fuppofe that it may approach to nearly one-half 

 of the whole, while others contend that it cannot be any thing near fb much.* If 

 a third were gained, by fuch means/it would amply repay the cow-keeper for his 

 additional trouble and expenfe. 



The method of milking adopted by the cow- farmers in moft cafes, is only to 

 have their milking performed twice in the courfe of twenty-four hours. In fuch 

 cafes the moft: proper times would feem to be about feven o clock in the morning 

 and five in the afternoon ; but in the neighbourhood of London and other large 

 towns it is the practice to have this work performed from four to half pad fix in 

 the morning, and from half paft one to three in the afternoon. -\ It is, therefore, 

 probable that more frequent milking in the bufinefs of cow-farming, efpecially 

 when conducted upon any extenfive fcale, would not only be inconvenient but 



J7S9. Pints. 1789. . Pints. 



Oftober 23, Firft meal - - - - 11 October 24, Firfl meal - - - - 10 



Second do. - - - - 3 Second do... ... 1|. 



Third do 3 Third do. - ... l 



Fourth do. - - - - 3 



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* Anderfon s Recreation?, &c. vol. III. f Corrected .Agricultural Report 



