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from the teat, well wintered in good shelter, and 

 full fed, until they attain their proper growth. 

 Warmth and dry lodging are of the utmost conse- 

 quence to the improvement of all young animals. 

 Calves may, however, be reared to good proof, by 

 being suffered to suck a very moderate quantity 

 daily, the bulk of their food consisting of skimmed- 

 milk, thickened with oat or wheat meal ; their win- 

 ter food being carrots or Swedish turnips sliced, and 

 oat-straw, with a small quantity of hay daily. 



To such of my readers as desire to make the 

 most of a single cow, I cannot do better than recom- 

 mend the perusal of a small pamphlet, published a 

 few years since by the board of Agriculture, enti- 

 tuled " Hints to Dairy Farmers ;" being an account 

 of the management, food, and produce of a single 

 milch-cow kept by Mr. Cramp, keeper of the House 

 of Correction at Lewes, in Sussex: an account 

 which will prove to demonstration, and to the regret 

 of every well-wisher to his country, that our dairy 

 business, the product of which is so precious, and 

 never equal to our consumption, is by no means 

 managed in general upon a profitable or the most 

 productive plan. Cutting and carrying the green 

 food for cows, was recommended many years ago ; 

 and I experienced its full warranted utility, with the 

 exception that my cows, when entirely kept in the 

 house, fell off with their milk, whilst they increased 

 in flesh ; but recovered their milk again, when al- 

 lowed a range. Mr. Cramp, who so well merited 

 the honorary silver medal of the Board, allowed his 

 cow the small range in his power, and cultivated her 



