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It is necessary, in order to comply with the rule adopted for 

 the trial, to add a few particulars. The trial was made with 

 two cows. One, Beauty, calved on the 14th day of June last, 

 and is expected to come in on the last day of June, having 

 been served the 30th day of September last. She is one-fourth 

 Ayrshire, was raised by myself, and will be four years old the 

 13th day of May next. The other, Cherry, calved on the 20th 

 of June last, and is expected to come in on the 14th day of 

 May next, having been served on the 4th day of August last. 

 She was purchased by me, is said to have some Devon blood 

 in her, and is also four years old this spring. At the com- 

 mencement of the trial both animals appeared to be in good 

 health, but before the first period of trial had passed. Cherry 

 showed symptoms of disease. Her disease was the " horn 

 ail." I think a check was put to the disease and she began to 

 mend before the third period had expired, though she had not 

 entirely recovered till after the last fortnight of trial had com- 

 menced, or perhaps till its expiration. Her sickness was severe 

 during the first part of its continuance. Probably her health 

 was quite as good during the last fortnight, if indeed it was 

 not better than at any other period of the trial. 



In conducting this experiment, my general management in 

 the stable has not been varied in the least particular, save so 

 far as the preparation of the fodder by cutting was concerned. 

 I have no doubt a greater gain may be obtained by forcing ; 

 but my aim has been so to conduct this experiment that others 

 might be satisfied what results would attend similar manage- 

 ment with their own stock. 



The table shows the amount of food (hay and roots) fed to 

 each animal. Each of these cows has fared just like all the 

 rest of my stock, save that their hay on alternate fortnights 

 has been cut, and the amount of roots fed to them daily has 

 been determined by scales instead of measure. 



Perhaps I should add that the milking is at regular hours, 

 at 6 A. M. and 6 P. M. ; that each morning each animai is 

 curried clean, turned out to drink, and allowed to return to the 

 barn as soon as she pleases ; that the barn is shut up till noon, 

 then the same course of watering is pursued, the barn shut up 

 again ; and so at night. At this time the cattle are kept out 

 till they can be bedded down, when they are turned in, fed. 



