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often made foul and uncQmfortable to the animals, for the sole 

 purpose of adding to the manure heap. The first requisite to 

 id dairy is cleanliness; and if a farmer will make a sterco- 

 ral- of his barn yard for the improvement of his crops, he 

 should bear in mind that neither the dung hill nor the compost 

 pit is a lit place for the stock which furnishes direct supplies to 

 the churn and the cheese press. 



The whole product of Mr. Robinson's dairy of six cows, for 

 the period of five months, is given by him at two thousand nine 

 hundred and seventy-four pounds of cheese. Of this quantity 

 he states that one thousand six hundred and twenty- 

 three pounds were sold at eleven cents, producing . $177 55 



And one thousand three hundred and fifty-one 

 pounds on hand, (after allowing for shrinkage,) to 

 be delivered at the depot on the 1st of November, 

 at twelve and one-half cents, is . . . . 162 18 



In addition to which, he made seven pounds of 

 butter on the last day of trial, .... 1 75 



Making an aggregate yield of the value of . . $342 48 



Mr. Lincoln's dairy, offered in competition with that of Mr. 

 Robinson, likewise consisted of six cows, selected from his 

 stock of twelve cows and heifers kept together during the 

 season. This dairy is exclusively for the making of butter for 

 the supply of private customers, to whom it is previously en- 

 id. His farm is a large one, of about two hundred acres; 

 but a considerable part of it is in wood, and a still greater pro- 

 portion in an interval mowing lot, cultivated by irrigation from 

 the waters of the Blackstonc. The pasturage is upon high and 

 light land, productive early in the season, but soon affected by 

 dry weather. His cows are of different races, one being a full- 

 blood Ayrshire, two half Ayrshire, one believed to be a cross 

 with the Durham, one a thorough-bred Devon, and one " native," 

 and their ages, respectively, from five to ten years. They 

 calved at different dates from January 28 to May 20 — thus be- 

 ing in milk for very unequal periods of time during the season. 

 Their keeping, as stated by Mr. Lincoln, was on pasturage alone, 

 with the exception of corn fodder for about three weeks in 



