134 A PRACTICAL STATEMENT. 



"The cattle at this time are again turned out to 

 drink, and, after being tied up on their return again 

 fed. Of course the stable is at this time again ther 

 oughly cleansed. And so again at night the same 

 course is pursued. At this time a good bedding is 

 spread for each cow, and, after all are in, they are fed. 



" At six o'clock the milking commences, and at its 

 termination, after removing from the floor whatever 

 manure may have been dropped, the stable is closed for 

 the night. If carrots are fed, which is the only root 

 allowed to my cows in milk, they are given at the time 

 of the evening milking. 



" Whatever material is taken for bedding (as corn- 

 stalks, husks, &c.) is passed through a cutting-machine, 

 and composes the noon feed, such portions as are not 

 consumed by the cows being used for bedding. The 

 additional labor of cutting up is amply compensated by 

 the reduced amount of labor in working (loading) and 

 ploughing under the manure. 



" While I consider it highly desirable that the cows, 

 during the period they are stabled, should be kept warm 

 and dry, I regard it as indispensable that they should 

 be perfectly clean ; and, although the stock is stabled 

 the whole time, care is taken that there is a sufficient 

 degree of ventilation." 



In Herkimer county, New York, one of the best dairy 

 districts in the country, a dairy farmer who kept twenty- 

 five cows for the manufacture of cheese, making in one 

 year nearly seven hundred pounds per cow, states his 

 mode of feeding as follows : " When the ground is set- 

 tled, and grass is grown so that cows can get their fill 

 without too much toil, they are allowed to graze an 

 hour, only, the first day ; the second day a little longer 

 and so on, till they get accustomed to the change of 

 feed before they are allowed to have full range of pas- 



