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3. Treatment of Cows. Here, as in all coun- 

 tries where grazing gives place to the dairy, 

 milked cows are indulged with the beft the 

 farm will afford. The bcft land for pafture 

 in fummer ; the head of the fog in autumn ; 

 and generally hay mod of winter. This 

 practice has already been noticed. If the 

 prefent breed of cows require hay when they 

 give no milk, it is a depreciation of their 

 value as milking-cows. 



Be this as it may, there is certainly one dif- 

 advantage of the Vale breed of cows ; which, 

 I believe, is common to all the varieties of 

 the fhort-horned breed. This is their diffi- 

 culty in calving. For not with {landing the 

 fiejbinefs of the hind-quarter has been fuffi- 

 ciently ddne away, the bones dill remain. 

 The loin is flill broad, and the huckles Hill 

 protuberate; perhaps too much, either for 

 fightlinels or ufe. 



An improper treatment of the cow may 

 encreafe the difficulty. A cow can fearcely 

 be too low in flefh a month before flie 

 calves. Good keep three weeks or a month 

 before calving gives due (Irength and a flufh 

 of milk. The caufe may be difficult to point 



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