l6 COWS. 



tion of 2 tons, I8c\vt. of cabbages, and I5cwt. of 

 hay, in six months. 



In the weaning of calves there are many different 

 methods. In Suffolk they do not wean till after 

 Christmas, letting them suck six. or seven weeks 5 

 then they give bran and oats, with flet milk and 

 watery and some very svveefe hay by them, continu- 

 ing this till grass is ready : but, if the farmer has 

 carrots, they make an excellent article of their 

 food, and save oats. The Duke of Northumber- 

 land's method succeeded with his Grace repeatedly, 

 and I tried it with equal success. His account is 

 this : " I have for some time entertained an idea 

 " that skimmed milk might be prepared with pro- 

 " per ingredients, effectually to answer the purpose, 

 " where the practice is to give new milk from the 

 " cow, and at about a third of the expence. The 

 " articles are treacle, and the common lint-seed 

 " oil-cake, ground very fine, almost to an impal- 

 " pable powcfer, and the quantities so small, that to 

 " make thirty-two gallons would cost no more, 

 <c exclusive of the milk, than about sixpence. It 

 " mixes very readily, and almost intimately with the 

 " milk, making it more rich and mucilaginous, 

 " without giving it any disagreeable taste. Take 

 * one gallon of skimmed milk, and in about a pint 

 " of it add half an ounce of common treacle, 

 " stirring it till it is well mixed ; then take one 

 " ounce of lint-seed oil-cake finely pulverized, and 

 " with the hand, let it fall gradually in very small 

 " quantities into the milk, stirring it in the mean 



" time, 



