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a considerable quantity of green meat, to every 

 other species of which he prefers the mangel-wurzel, 

 assuring me that the milk of cows fed on that article 

 will keep longer in the dog-days than that from any 

 other food, namely, twenty-four hours, with due care 

 and cleanliness. He ridiculed the Parisian nostrums 

 for keeping milk sweet, demanding what could be the 

 benefit of milk so preserved, at an expense of the loss 

 of its flavour and good quality ? 



With the two cows in full milk, may be kept well, 

 a BREEDING sow, or two or three young PIGS ; and 

 should the proprietor desire a specimen of the finest 

 milk-fed pork, he may feed a pig upon skimmed 

 milk, with the addition of a very small quantity of 

 barley or pea-meal, making it thoroughly fat in two 

 months. 



MILCH BEASTS should never be exposed by NIGHT 

 to the inclemency of the winter season, which chills 

 them, and dries up part of their milk, keeping them 

 backward in all beneficial respects. At any rate, 

 they should have a well-littered shed, in which they 

 may repose in comfort, and with their loins dry 

 a matter of great consequence to their health. 



The ANNUAL CONSUMPTION of food per cow, of grass 

 and hay, if turned to grass, is from one acre to an acre 

 and a half of hay in the summer, and from a ton to a 

 ton and a half of hay in the winter. A cow may be 

 allowed two pecks of carrots per day. The grass 

 being cut and carried, will economize it full one 

 third. 



The ANNUAL PRODUCT of a good fair dairy cow: 

 during several months after calving, and either sum- 



