CHAP, xviii.] FARMING FOR LA.DIES. 357 



Although small in size, the Alderneys 

 however require good pasture, and it will be 

 seen from the following statement, furnished 

 by Mr. W. Blane, of West Brixton, and 

 Mr. Fowler, of Little Bushy, near Stanmore 

 — both eminent dealers in that stock, and to 

 whose information we refer with confidence, 

 as being practical dairy-men of considerable 

 experience — that, "in England, they in winter 

 consume upon an average as much food as 

 most cows of a larger breed : say about half 

 a truss each daily of hay, with a bushel of 

 carrots, which are preferable to either man- 

 gold-wiirzel or to potatoes (unless they are 

 boiled), and far better than grains ; and both 

 turnips and cabbages impart an unpleasant 

 flavour to the milk and butter. 



"They should be regularly fed three or 

 four times a day, and the food should be 

 at each time varied as much as possible ; hay 

 being always given at night, but not so much 

 as to allow them to blow upon it ; and should 

 any food be left in their cribs or troughs, it 

 should be immediately removed. 



" Some of the breed, when in full milk, 

 give as much as four gallons per day ; but, 



