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that no such breach of quarantine should again 

 occur. 



The cows arrived on St. Patrick's Day. Our 

 herd was then composed of the twenty Holstein 

 heifers (coming three years old), and six of the 

 best of the common cows purchased with the 

 farm. Within forty days the herd was increased 

 by the addition of twenty-three calves. Twenty- 

 five were born, but two were dead. Of this 

 number, eighteen were Holsteins eligible for 

 registration, ten heifers, and eight bulls. Each 

 calf was taken from its mother on the third day 

 and fed warm skim-milk from a patent feeder 

 three times a day, all it would drink. When 

 three weeks old, seven of the Holstein calves 

 and the five from the common cows were sent 

 to market. They brought $5.25 each above the 

 expense of selling, or $63 for the bunch. The 

 ten Holstein heifer calves were of course held ; 

 and one bull calf, which had a double cross of 

 Pieterje 2d and Pauline Paul, and which seemed 

 an unusually fair specimen, was kept for further 

 development. 



The cow barn was finished about April 1st, 

 and shortly after that the herd was established 

 in permanent quarters. As the dairy-house was 

 unfinished, and there was no convenient way of 

 disposing of the milk which now flowed in abun- 

 dance, I bought a separator (for 1200) and sent 

 the cream to a factory, using the fresh skim-milk 

 for the calves and young pigs and chickens. 



