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TO MANAGE A DIARY. 



Directions to tlie cow feeder. 



Go to the cow stall at 6 o'clock in the morning, win- 

 ter and summer ; give each cow half a bushel of the 

 mangel-wurzel, carrots, turnips, or potatoes, cut ; at 

 7 o'clock, the hour the dairy maid comes to milk 

 them, give each some hay, and let them feed, till they 

 are milked. If she refuses hay, give her something she 

 will eat, such as grain, carrots, &c., during the time 

 she is milking, as it is absolutely necessary the cow 

 should feed while milking. As soon as the woman 

 has finished milking in the morning, turn the cows in 

 the airing ground, and let there be plenty of fresh 

 water, in the trough ,• at 9 o'clock give each cow 3 

 gallons of the mixture, as follows : to 8 gallons of 

 grain add 4 gallons of bran or pollard ; when they 

 have eaten that, put some hay into the cribs ; at 12 

 o'clock give each 3 gallons of the mixture as before ; 

 if any cow looks for more, give her another gallon ; 

 on the contrary if she will not eat what you gave her, 

 take it out of the manger, for never at one time let a 

 cow have more than she will eat up clean. Mind and 

 Keep the mangers clean, that they do not sour. At 2 

 o'clock give each cqw half a bushel of carrots, man- 

 gel-wurzel, or turnips ; look the turnips, &c. &c., over 

 well, before giving them to the cows, as one rotten tur- 

 nip will give a bad taste to the milk, and most likely 

 spoil a whole dairy of butter. At 4 o'clock put the 

 cows into the stall to be milked ; feed them on hay as 

 you did at milking-time in the morning, keeping in 

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