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one cow. It is not a question of dairy farming, but of dairy gar- 

 dening. The offer was made to elicit information to enable one 

 to keep a single cow with the best possible results. The main 

 points to be considered are : the stabling or housing of the cow ; 

 the yard room she requires, and the storage or disposal of her ma- 

 nure ; the least area of land that can be safely set apart for the 

 support of the cow, and how can that land be best managed. It 

 is to be assumed that the land will be made to produce all that it 

 will profitably yield, which will bring up the question of manure 

 and fertilizers, of course considering that produced by the cow 

 herself. What proportion of the produce of the land is to be 

 cured for winter? How much food must be bought, and what? 

 How is the cow to be fed, and in every respect how treated so as 

 to give the best returns to her owner ? What should be done at 

 calving time and afterwards ? milking, etc. In short, the prob- 

 lem is given a good cow, how to get the best possible returns 

 from the least possible portion of the land through the agency of 

 the cow. 



This, we think, is satisfactorily answered, if not by any one 

 writer, certainly by several combined. 



We place as a frontispiece the portrait of a most famous and 

 excellent cow not so much for her beauty or on account of her 

 breed, but as a model of a dairy cow, and one which may be car- 

 ried in the mind when purchasing. 



