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the area of pasture is small, tying to a bar or tethering- 

 pole will be found economical. 



When feed is short in the pasture, cornstalks, cab- 

 bage leaves, small squashes, small potatoes, apples, and 

 other wastes from the garden will help out the food 

 supply, or small patches of oats and rye, fodder corn, 

 peas and barley, etc., may be sown at intervals of a 

 week or two up to August i . The grain ration required 

 to supplement the fodder must vary with the quality 

 of this food. For the production of milk a mixture of 



FIG. 88 The Family Cow. Even the Children can care for it. 



equal parts of shorts, gluten meal and a little cornmeal 

 or cottonseed makes a good feed, using from one to five 

 pounds per day according to the richness of the fodder 

 used. Fresh, clean and pure water is as important for 

 the animals on the farm as for the family in the house 

 who consume their products. 



Milking. 



With a gentle cow that milks easily any member of 

 the family may do the milking. Even the children 

 from ten to fifteen years old may do much of this work. 

 The process is very simple but requires considerable 

 strength of the hand and wrist. 



