THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



cow barns are delights, with their porcelain 

 tiled floors and fittings; but I doubt if any 

 but the large estate will ever be able to afford 

 them. And, fortunately for us practical 

 folks, healthful quarters depend more on 

 light, air, and rigid cleanliness than appear- 

 ances. 



FEEDING 



When we had only Rachel and Daisy we 

 fed chopped hay, well steamed and mixed, 

 with ground feed (corn and oats), and wheat 

 bran; for fodder, corn stalks and hay, in the 

 winter, and pasture in the summer. Increase 

 of farming operations and the silo gradually 

 changed our ideas. 



Now milk cows have mash, ensillage, and 

 hay, from November to April; mash and pas- 

 ture, supplemented by soiling, from April to 

 November. The ground feed and wheat bran 

 are mixed, and three quarts used night and 

 morning, for mash, to which one tablespoon- 

 ful of salt is added. Once a week, roots 



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