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hardy, tlioroughly acclimated, capable of great endurance, and 

 by the methods already indicated may become the most useful, 

 the most profitable, and the most satisfactory cows on the dairy 

 farm. 



The Family Dairy. For the family cow, where usually 

 only a single one is kept for the limited supply which she 

 affords, we need not resort to any established breed, to the ex- 

 clusion of others. " Utile au riche, providence au pauvre," — 

 useful to the rich, a blessing to the poor, — is the characteristic 

 description of the Brittany cow, and it includes the essential 

 requisites in a cow for family use. The man of wealth wants 

 an animal to ornament his lawn, and he will select her for 

 beauty, or because she is rare, and unlike tlie common cattic of 

 the neighborhood. He wants a docile, gentle creature, that 

 will become the pet of the family. A limited quantity of milk, 

 of a rich and creamy quality, will meet his requirements, so far 

 as product is concerned, and in these, or other respects, the 

 Brittany or Jersey cow, or a high grade of either breed, will be 

 unsurpassed. The man of more limited means wants a cow that 

 will yield a quantity of good milk, large in proportion to the 

 food consumed, docile, thrifty and hardy. A well selected 

 grade Ayrshire or a " native," of medium size, will be as useful 

 as any cow to be had. As no calves are to be raised in such 

 circumstances, as a general rule, little regard will be paid to 

 the selection of breed, but even here it is not to be overlooked, 

 that the better the breed, the better price will the calf bring, 

 when it comes to be sold, either to the butcher, or to be raised. 



The Raising of Calves. The mode of raising the calf has 

 an important influence upon its qualities, and its usefulness, as 

 a dairy cow. Here the object is not to force the animal, as in 

 raising for beef, to early maturity. The quality of food, as 



