364 FAKMING FOR LADIES, [chap. xix. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Description of a milch-cow — The udder — Name at different 

 periods of life — Age, and mode of ascertaining it — Term 

 of gestation — Symptoms of pregnancy — Parturition — 

 Management at and after calving — Slinking — Beestings — 

 Diseases and means of cure — Reasons for rearing a calf — 

 Time and mode — Process of weaning — Hay-tea and lin- 

 seed jelly — Method of suckling by hand — Diseases. 



We have only casually adverted to the few 

 breeds of cows usually recommended for the 

 dah'ies of private families, for we well know 

 that few persons will be at the trouble of 

 seeking out any particular sort, or know how 

 to choose them if found, and thus purchase 

 any which may be offered to them, if vaunted 

 as being of a good kind. Although thus, in 

 most instances, without the choice of any pe- 

 culiar breed, care should, however, be taken 

 to select A GOOD milker ; for there is a wide 

 difference betwixt a cow that is of a form 

 which fits her for fatting and one that is better 

 adapted for the dairy ; the aptitude to fatten- 

 ing soon making the former decline in milk, 

 although she may be the handsomer of the two. 



