DAIRY FARMS. 



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and soiling crops. A public road ran along the front of 

 the farm and another divided it into two nearly equal 

 parts. By fencing in an open wood lot and seeding it 

 down with mixed grasses, a shaded pasture, supplied with 

 a permanent spring, was made for the exercise of the 

 cows. A small pasture field was made by seeding with 

 orchard grass and clover near the barnyard, and a gate 

 on the road gave easy access to it. Another lot seeded 

 to mixed grasses was made at the back of the barn, and a 

 gate opened to it from the yard. A small grass lot was 



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Fig. 1.— PLAN OP A DAIRY FARM. 



kept for calves adjoining the calf pen. These lots were 

 fenced, but the rest of the land was all thrown into two 

 fields, which were cultivated for fodder and root crops. 

 A brook supplied the calf lot and one grass lot with 

 water ; a spring and a small run supplied the woods pas- 

 ture. A dwarf pear orchard near the house made a run 

 for calves and poultry, of which a number of light 

 Brahmas were kept for market chickens. The barnyard 

 contained half an acre ; the barn, sheds, bull and calf 

 pens, and stable, formed a right angle facing to the south. 



