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enough to avoid these impositions, the cows 

 are constantly kept in close, unhealthy sheds, 

 of the dirtiest description, and fed almost en- 

 tirely on brewers' grains, Swedish turnips, and 

 mangold- wiirzel, which give a great flow of 

 milk of the poorest quality : so that, even if 

 the cow be brought — as in some few instances 

 — to your door, and there milked, the milk 

 will be very little better ; as may be seen by 

 the small quantity of cream which it will throw 

 up, if set over-night and skimmed in the 

 morning. Besides, even should the cow be 

 fed in the best manner, the milk which she 

 will give if she be kept in the house, will 

 never be so good as when pastured in the 

 field. You will, perhaps, not perceive any 

 want of richness in either the milk or cream 

 if she be " soiled"— as feeding in the house 

 is called — but, turn her into your paddock, 

 then convert the cream into butter, and you 

 will soon find a marked superiority in the 

 delicacy and flavour of the latter. 



Although the milk of the goat and ass is — 

 in consequence of its superior lightness — the 

 most congenial to the stomach of those dys- 

 peptic persons who sufier from indigestion, 



