382 FARMING FOR LADIES. [chap. xix. 



and calves may be weaned on them without 

 any other food."* 



Various schemes have indeed been tried 

 with success for the saving of milk, many of 

 which will be found recorded in the ' History 

 of British Husbandry,' from which the fore- 

 going extracts have been taken ; but it should 

 be observed, that whatever plan may be 

 adopted, great regularity should be attended 

 to in the feeding of the weaned calf before 

 it may be old enough to feed itself on grass 

 and hay. The common practice is, to give 

 the food only twice a day, morning and even- 

 ing, and then to allow as much as will sati- 

 ate the appetite ; thus filling the stomach 

 with such a quantity as must in some degree 

 impede digestion. Now, in every case, the 

 closer we adhere to nature, the better will 



* " Linseed jelly is made by putting one quart of seed to 

 six quarts of water, and allowing it to boil during ten minutes. 

 Hay-lea is made by infusing such a portion of fine sweet 

 hay as will fill an earthen vessel on being slightly pressed 

 with the hand, and boiling water being poured upon it ; the 

 vessel is then closed, and in a couple of hours a strong liquor 

 produced, which will keep good for a couple of days : it 

 should be used lukewarm, and, if given without linseed, 

 should be mixed during the first few days! with three parts 

 milk, to be afterwards reduced to one-fourth." — Bath Papers, 

 vol. V. p. 465. 



