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gestivc in this connection, when compared with the preceding 

 statements of respective market prices of tlie latter. 



4. Recognizing the correctness of the preceding conclu- 

 sion, it is evident that the most serious attention ought to be 

 bestowed on collecting and preserving the manurial refuse 

 obtained in connection with the production of milk ; for it 

 depends largely on a judicious management of that matter, 

 how much of the stated manurial value will be actually 

 secured. The lial)ility of a loss in the manurial value of the 

 refuse matter renders it advisable, for financial reasons, not 

 to depend on too close a margin of cash returns. 



5. Although it will be conceded that the dairy cow, 

 aside from the special service, is a most important factor in 

 mixed farm management, as far as an economical disposition 

 of home-raised fodder crops and a liberal production of 

 home-made manure are concerned, yet, when reduced to a 

 mere manure-producing medium, this value may l)e well 

 questioned from a financial stand-point. 



6. A cow whose total milk record averages not more 

 than from seven to eight quarts per day, judging from our 

 own conditions, promises to prove a better investment when 

 prepared fov the meat market than when constituting a 

 liberal proportion of the stock kept for supplying the general 

 milk market at stated prices. 



