THE HOLSTEIN MILK MACHINE 145 
that no such breach of quarantine should again 
occur. 
The cows arrived on St. Patrick’s Day. Our 
herd was then composed of the twenty Holstein 
heifers (coming three years old), and six of the 
best of the common cows purchased with the 
farm. Within forty days the herd was increased 
by the addition of twenty-three calves. Twenty- 
five were born, but two were dead. Of this 
number, eighteen were Holsteins eligible for 
registration, ten heifers, and eight bulls. Each 
calf was taken from its mother on the third day 
and fed warm skim-milk from a patent feeder 
three times a day, all it would drink. When 
three weeks old, seven of the Holstein calves 
and the five from the common cows were sent 
to market. They brought $5.25 each above the 
expense of selling, or $63 for the bunch. The 
ten Holstein heifer calves were of course held ; 
and one bull calf, which had a double cross of 
Pieterje 2d and Pauline Paul, and which seemed 
an unusually fair specimen, was kept for further 
development. 
The cow barn was finished about April 1st, 
and shortly after that the herd was established 
in permanent quarters. As the dairy-house was 
unfinished, and there was no convenient way of 
disposing of the milk which now flowed in abun- 
dance, I bought a separator (for $200) and sent 
the cream toa factory, using the fresh skim-milk 
for the calves and young pigs and chickens. 
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