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Many of these were the same cows in both experi- 

 ments ; and it will seem that the same cow increased 

 from year to year, showing what full feeding will do, 

 and also another important fact, that this full feed- 

 ing was conducive to health of the cow during the 

 seven years. 



Dr. Wright says of soiled cows that they " will, at 

 least, equal, if not surpass, those kept in the usual 

 way, in both quantity and quality of milk, and the 

 dairyman, by adopting this method, finds his profits 

 enhanced nearly one-fourth." An English author 

 says, " The cows used to stall feeding will yield a 

 much greater quantity of milk, and will increase 

 faster in weight when fattening, than those which go 

 into the field." 



I have made repeated experiments which satisfied 

 myself in regard to the increase of milk and butter, 

 and with the exception of the first month or two 

 (May and June) I have never failed to get better 

 results from the soiling system. The author of 

 " Ogden Farm Papers," in the " American Agricultur- 

 ist," has a very interesting article on the subject of 

 soiling, in which he says : " The product of cows will 

 be more in the case of soiling than in the other. In 

 June I was making a very satisfactory amount of 

 butter. So were the pasture men all around me. 

 Now that the drought has (in spite of passing rains) 

 begun to affect the pastures, their product is falling 

 off, and by September will be materially lessened. 

 My product is increasing week by week, until, from 

 the same number of cows, it is now more than ten 



