380 FARMING FOR LADIES, [chap. xix. 



of the season. Those, however, which are 

 dropped in the autumn or winter, and housed 

 during the cold weather, will thrive sur- 

 prisingly by being turned into the succu- 

 lent pastures of the ensuing spring. There 

 are two modes of rearing them : the one, to 

 allow them to run at large during a year, 

 with their dams ; the other, to wean them 

 after a few days old. Of these, when there 

 is sufficient pasture, the first is unquestionably 

 not only the least troublesome, but is ge- 

 nerally found to be productive of the best 

 cattle; it is, however, in frequent instances, 

 more convenient to reserve the milk for the 

 dairy, and then the calf must, of course, be 

 weaned." 



" The process of xoeaning is variously ma- 

 naged ; but whatever may be the plan adopted, 

 the object of bringing the animal to perfec- 

 tion should never be lost sight of: — which 

 can only be done by affording it ample sus- 

 tenance while it is young. It should be re- 

 collected that the cow's milk, which is intended 

 by nature for its support, contains a large 

 quantity of the richest nutriment, and if the 

 calf be deprived of that, it should have an 

 equal amount of other nourishment; for, if 



