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mind that the cow whilst milking must feed on some- 

 thing. At 6 o'clock give each cow 3 gallons of the 

 mixture as before. Rack them up at 8 o'clock. Twice 

 in a week put into each cow's feed at noon, a quart 

 of malt-dust. 



The daily expense of subsisting each cow on the 

 above feed will be about two shillings. 



Directions to the diary-maid. 



Go to the cow-stall at 7 o'clock ; take with you 

 cold water and a sponge, and wash each cow's udder 

 clean before milking ; dowse the udder well with cold 

 water, winter and summer, as it braces, and repels 

 heat. Keep your hands and arms clean. Milk each 

 cow as dry as you can, morning and evening, and 

 when you milk each cow as you suppose dry, begin 

 again with the cow you first milked, and drip them 

 each ; for the principle reason of cows failing in their 

 milk is from negligence in not milking the cow dry, 

 particularly at the time the calf is taken from the cow. 

 Suffer no one to milk a cow but yourself, and have no 

 gossiping in the stall. Every Saturday night give an 

 exact account of the quantity of milk each cow has 

 given in the week. 



• 

 To choose a milch cow. * 



As to a choice of breeds for a private family, none 

 in England, (says Mr. Lawrence,) probably combine 

 so many advantages as the Suffolk dun-cows. They 

 excel both in quantity and quality of milk ; they feed 

 well after they become barren "i they are small sized, 

 and polled or hornless'; the last a great convenience. 

 The horns of cows which butt and gore others, should 



