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is largely diminished. It should always be borne in mind, that 

 the warmer, or rather the more comfortably, the animal is kept, 

 the less fodder is required for its support. Regular feeding, and 

 regular and thorough milking, are indispensable to enable the 

 cow to do justice to herself and to her master. It is the remark 

 of the owner of the famous Cramp cow, in England, which 

 stands at the head of the race, that "milch cows are often 

 spoiled for want of patience at the latter end of milking them." 

 We have an account of a cow which was raised and kept in this 

 State, which gave, during so cold a month as January, an aver- 

 age of more than 18 quarts a day. She was fed on three pecks 

 of sugar-beets and carrots daily, with good hay, and in the 

 coldest weather a bucket of warm water with a quart of shorts 

 in it. 



The practice of soiling, or feeding with green fodder, is intro- 

 duced, to some extent, among us, and may safely be recom- 

 mended, especially where good hill pasturing is not abundant. 

 A judicious and watchful agriculturalist has kept a valuable cow 

 in this way during the past season ; and has cut over only about 

 a quarter of an acre for the purpose. It is estimated that the 

 same quantity of land which would keep three cows soiled, will, 

 as pasturing, keep but one. Very much remains to be done in 

 order to give high perfection to this, the animal of all others for 

 the farmer. Some farmers in the Eastern part of the State are 

 in the habit of giving their cows a blanket, and find their ac- 

 count in it. Though much has already been accomplished, the 

 subject must be commended to the continued and close attention 

 of our agricultural community. 



W. B. CALHOUN, Chairman. 



Benjamin Willard's Statement. 



Of my two cows, the first is named Orange, from the pecu- 

 liar color and rich quality of her milk. She averaged 25 lbs. 

 at night during the month of June, and 20 lbs. in the morning. 

 She shrinks more than some cows on ordinary feed, but never 



