KEEPING- ONE COW. 



THE FAMILY COW AT THE NOETH. 



BY MRS. G. BOURINOT, OTTAWA, CANADA. 



She's broad in her hips and long in her rump, 

 A straight and flat hack without ever a hump, 

 She's wide in her lips and calm in her eyes, 

 She's fine in her shoulders and thin in her thighs, 

 She's s'eight in her neck and small in her tail, 

 She's wide in her breast and good at the pail ; 

 She's fine in her bone and silky of skin, 

 She's a grazier without and a buicher within. 



MILS CRN. 



There are several ways of providing for the wants of a cow, 

 but in all cases it is absolutely necessary, in order to obtain the 

 best results, that certain rules be followed with regard to the 

 treatment the cow receives. She must be fed and milked at regular 

 times be kept thoroughly clean, have plenty of fresh air and 

 water, and her food composed of thoss substances that will keep her 

 always in good condition, do away with the milk "bill, reduce the 

 grocer's account, and contribute greatly to the health and comfort 

 of the family. I have tried various things, and have found fresh 

 grass or fodder, provender, bran, oil-cake, mangels, and hay, the 

 best bill of fare for " Daisy " or " Buttercup." Avoid brewer's 

 slops or grains as you would poison, for although they increase 

 the flow of milk, it is thin and blue, the butter white and tasteless, 

 and after a time the cow's teeth will blacken and decay. I was 

 told the other day by a very intelligent dairyman that after feed- 

 ing his cows one season on brewer's grains he was obliged to sell 

 his whole herd. 



YARD, STABLE, AND RATION'S. 



Mr. Geo. E. Waring, Jr., in his " Ogden Farm Papers," says he 

 expects to be able to feed a cow from May fifteenth to November 

 fifteenth from half an acre of ground, but the average citizen had 



