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an enormous weight of food even 40 or 50 tons per acre 

 during the season. Not more than half a cwt. a day, 

 supplemented with more suhstantial food, should be given 

 to a cow ; and care should he taken to remove any spoiled 

 portions of the food, which, if consumed, would greatly 

 aggravate the disagreeable flavour which, under the most 

 careful management, they are apt to give to the milk. (12.) 

 Turnips, common and Swedish, are given to cows, the 

 former in early winter, the latter on till towards spring. 

 They will yield from 10 up to 20, and even 25 tons per 

 acre, hut they are faulty, owing to the taste which, without 

 special management of the milk, they give to it. Sixty to 

 eighty Ihs. of these roots daily, along with an unlimited 

 supply of straw, is an ordinary daily ration. These roots 

 are less liable to affect the milk if steamed, or even if 

 merely pulped : 15 or 20 tons of common turnips per acre, 

 and 12 to 15 tons of Swedish turnips, are an ordinary crop, 

 but they are liable to so many casualties from weather, 

 insects, &c., that no great dependence can be placed on 

 them for a small dairy. (13.) Mangold Wurzels are the 

 best root crop for winter and spring feeding of milch cows. 

 They give a slightly bitter taste to the milk, and their 

 extreme succulence as food is not favourable to the richness 

 of the milk. Not more than f cwt. should be given daily 

 when they are the sole dependence along with straw : and 

 a smaller quantity along with richer food is better manage- 

 ment in butter dairies. Thirty tons per acre can be grown 

 more easily than 20 tons of turnips, and in the following 

 spring and summer they are better food per ton. (14.) 

 Kohl Rabi, is a hardy and useful crop on dairy farms, 

 yielding perhaps 12 or 14 tons of stems, and a useful top 

 as well, which cattle eat with relish. (15.) Carrots, 



