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ing squashes to milch cows, — the Boston Marrow, Hubbard 

 and other varieties ; beginning with half a bushel to each 

 animal, I increase the quantity until the daily consumption 

 has averaged a hundred pounds a day to each. Under 

 such heavy feeding, after a while their appetites clog some- 

 what, but I am inclined to the opinion that, beginning with a 

 moderate feed, they would soon readily eat seventy-five 

 pounds daily with a relish, for as long a period as they migl.t 

 last. When feeding Carrots or any roots, the most economi" 

 cal method is to give meadow or salt hay, with a small quan- 

 tity of flax-seed or cotton-seed meal. The effect of the roots 

 and these rich meals is to give to these inferior varieties 

 of hay, the nutritious value of the best upland English. 



