238 FOOD AND MANAGEMENT. 



green food within the verge of the prison. He also 

 seems to have added, by his experience, a new milky 

 breed to our old stock. His cow was a Sussex bred 

 one, and in all probability, and in his opinion, that 

 famous breed has not hitherto had a high dairy cha- 

 racter from mere disuse, and application, solely al- 

 most, to the purpose of rearing for beef. 



Mr. Cramp's cow was seven years old, had pro- 

 duced five calves, and had been two years in his 

 possession. She was fed in summer on clover, rye- 

 grass, lucern, and carrots, three or four times a day. 

 In winter with hay, bran, and grains, properly mixed, 

 and often fed, particularly when milking. The 

 manger kept clean, and no sour grains, rotten or 

 mouldy vegetables given, on any account, and the 

 cow never suffered to overcharge her stomach, but 

 to be well filled, and kept with a good heaHhy ap- 

 petite. She was never tied up, and always had her 

 choice to lie abroad, or in the house. Always when 

 milked, dripped clean to the last drop. Being so 

 well kept, she went dry only seventeen days before 

 calving. The country is under great obligation to 

 Mr. Cramp for such an example, by which it is 

 hoped our dairymen and housewives will not fail to 

 profit. It is a useful practice of Mr. Cramp to give 

 his cow a double-handful of malt-dust, mixed with a 

 feed of grains and pollard, without exceeding that 

 quantity of the malt-dust. Potatoes given to cows 

 may be ground in a common apple-mill, or pounded 

 in a trough ; my experience, however, will not 

 warrant me in allowing much commendation to that 

 root, as food for any kind of live stock. 



