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and is satisfied. She is in the best possible position 

 to be milked, and her greater comfort has already 

 been explained. 



CAUTION IN FEEDING. 



There is more danger of feeding too much at a 

 time than not enough. There is no doubt but that 

 here lies the reason of many discouraging results in 

 soiling. Of the three great mistakes a beginner is 

 apt to make, i.e., feeding soiling crops in open racks, 

 sowing too much at a time, and feeding too much at 

 a time, the latter is probably the greatest mistake of 

 the three. 



A cow with more fodder (especially green forage) 

 in her manger than she can eat up clean at the time, 

 will go hungry sooner than eat it after she has 

 breathed upon it for a time. This, of course, causes 

 a shrinkage of milk, and is, I am sure, the reason 

 why the soiling system has, in some cases, been 

 condemned by some who suppose their cows abun- 

 dantly provided for, when their manger stands full 

 of feed. They cannot understand how it is that 

 their cows do not do as well at soiling as at pasture, 

 and they jump to the natural conclusion that the 

 cow or cows are pining for open pasture, and if they 

 turn them out, they would undoubtedly gain in milk 

 for a day or so ; then they would say that their cat- 

 tle do better at pasture than at soiling. The trouble 

 has been that their cattle have been hungry in the 

 midst of plenty. After a cow breathes on forage 



