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pounds of butter from barley, half the quantity of 

 milk. It depends on the constitution of the cow how 

 nearly she may be milked to the time of her calving, 

 some giving good milk until within a week or two of 

 that period, others requiring to be dried eight or nine 

 weeks previously. I have heard (says Mr. Lawrence) 

 of 20 lbs. of butter, and even 22 lbs. made from the 

 milk of one long-horned cow in seven days : but I have 

 never been fortunate enough to obtain one that would 

 produce more than twelve pounds per week, although 

 I have had a Yorkshire cow which milked seven gal- 

 lons per day, yet never made 15 lbs. of butter in one 

 week. On the average three gallons of good milk 

 will make a pound of butter. 



POULTRY. 



To manage young chickens. 



The chickens first hatched, are to be taken from 

 the hen, lest she be tempted to leave her task unfin- 

 ished. They may be secured in a basket of wool or 

 soft hay, and kept in a moderate heat, if the weather 

 be cold, near the iire. They will require no food for 

 24 hours, should it be necessary to keep them so long 

 from the hen. The whole brood being hatched, place 

 the hen under a coop abroad, upon a dry spot, and, 

 if possible, not within reach of another hen, since the 

 chickens will mix, and the hens are apt to main and 

 destroy those which do not belong to them. Nor 

 should they be placed near young fowls, which are 

 likely to crush them, bemg always eager for their 

 small meat. 



The first food should be split grits, aflerwards tail 



