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3rd Week 2 pints of new and 3 pints of skim (or separated) milk three 

 times a day, with half a pint of linseed porridge* or half a 

 tablespoonful of cod liver oil. 



5th Week 3 quarts of warm skim milk three times a day, with one pint 

 of linseed porridge or one tablespoonful of cod liver oil; a 

 little sweet meadow hay increased week by week. 



9th Week Mid-day milk and cream substitute omitted. 5 quarts of 

 separated milk morning and evening, a handful of broken 

 linseed cake at mid-day, and hay. 



13th Week Milk as before; fib. linseed cake and crushed oats; ^ gallon 

 pulped swedes (green meat in summer) gradually increas- 

 ing; hay ad lib. 



21st Week Milk as before; 1 pound mixed linseed cake and crushed 

 oats, and increasing quantities of roots and hay. 



24th Week Evening milk discontinued. 

 27th Week Milk discontinued altogether. 



CREAM SUBSTITUTES. 



*Linseed Porridge Dust 7 parts of linseed with 1 part of Indian meal, 

 and grind in an ordinary mill. Scald at the rate of one 

 quart of this meal and a teacupful of flour with a gallon of 

 boiling water. 



Cod Liver Oil The genuine article used as recommended in the above 

 dietary table answers admirably; the warm milk and oil 

 should be poured backwards and forwards just before serv- 

 ing to emulsify the oil. Cod liver oil is liable to be 

 adulterated with fish oil or to be so badly refined as to be 

 full of dregs; the eight calves referred to above as having 

 died, were lost in two groups of four each, nearly two years 

 apart, and with similar symptoms, all pointing to ptomaine 

 poisoning from putrifying matter in the oil. 



II. DIETAEY FOE MILK-SELLING FAKMS. 



Milk Substitute 14 parts of linseed cake meal. 

 5 parts of ground linseed. 

 2 parts of wheat flour. 

 2 parts of locust bean meal. 



To be scalded at the rate of 3 pounds of the meal with 5 quarts of boiling 

 water; add a sprinkle of salt. 



