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able for his purpose, especially whilst in a stall, where 

 they have little opportunity of selecting. 



It appears worth the attention of our society to make 

 inquiries as to the localities which are known as pro- 

 ducing milk peculiarly rich in butter. When travelling 

 in Germany, I well recollect being treated with pecu- 

 liarly rich milk, cream, and butter, on my tour between 

 Dresden and Toplitz, at the station or resting-place on 

 the chaussee or turnpike-road, before you descend a 

 very steep incline to the valley in which Toplitz is situ- 

 ated. I travelled this way after an interval of several 

 years, when the same treat was again offered. It was 

 given as a rarity, and can only be accounted for by the 

 peculiar adaptation of the herbage of the country for 

 the production of butter. 



COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF FEEDING 

 DAIRY Cows. Being desirous of comparing the result 

 of my method of feeding dairy cows with the system 

 usually practised in this locality, it occurred to me that, 

 as my cows had been accustomed to savory steamed 

 food, a change to ordinary food would be attended with 

 less favorable results than if they had been previously 

 treated in the common mode ; and that, under these cir- 

 cumstances, it would be better to institute comparisons 

 with two near neighbors, Mr. Smith and Mr. Pawson, 

 whose practice and results I had the opportunity of 

 inspecting. 



Mr. Smith's cow was of rather small frame, but noted 

 for her usefulness as a good milker. At the time of 

 calving her third calf, about the 12th of November, she 

 was in good condition, and gave, soon after, seventeen 

 quarts of milk per day. Her owner states that in the 

 first three weeks (up to the time this comparison was 

 begun) her condition sensibly diminished a result 

 which I apprehend will be invariable with cows giving 

 this quantity of milk when fed on meadow hay only, 

 with which Mr. Smith's cow was supplied ad libitum, 

 and of which she consumed twenty-eight pounds per 

 day. Mr. Pawson's was a nice heifer, three years old 

 at the time of calving her first calf, October 6th, in 



