14 JANUART. 



This practice he finds so profitable, that he ear- 

 nestly recommends it*, 



For sheep, attention must be paid to the troughs 

 m which it is given, to see that they be so boarded 

 as to prevent the wind from blowing the chaff out : 

 this is effected in Lord Clarendon's sheep-yard, in 

 Hertfordshire, by a semicircular boarding, which 

 covers the sheep's heads while feeding in the 

 troughs. 



COWS. 



Several cows will probably calve in this month ; 

 about a month before which, they should be taken 

 into the cow-house from the straw-yard, and be 

 baited twice a day with green food ; turnips, cab- 

 bages, carrots, potatoes, or whatever is the field 

 winter food. After they calve they should be kept 

 quite separate from the lean stock, either in the 

 house or in another yard, and be fed upon those 

 articles and hay, or venj good straw. Cabbages 

 will maintain cows in the cheapest manner, and 

 make the butter perfectly sweet; but the decayed 

 and yellow leaves must be picked off, giving the 

 cows nothing but the heart of the cabbage :- the 

 refuse leaves will be ate clean up by the lean cat- 

 tle. The great ex pence of winter feeding cows 

 with hay alone, eats up half the profit of the dairy, 

 even if none be given till they calve; for supposing 

 them to calve in January or February, there re- 

 mains three or four months for that food. 



* Annals cf Agriculture, vol. xxviii. p. 10/. 



