42 THE DAIRY OF THE FARM. 



entitled, " How to choose a good Milk Cow," * declared that 

 his own examination of many dairies, expressly for the 

 purpose, led him to the conclusion, that M. Guenon's 

 marks of a good milk cow are really trustworthy. 



Treatment of the Cow The proper treatment of the 

 cow in milk, which has heen separated from its calf, 

 consists simply in giving it suitable food and water at 

 regular times, allowing it sufficient exercise for its health, 

 keeping it clean and warm, and milking it properly and 

 regularly. The subject of food has been already suffi- 

 ciently discussed, and the necessity, especially when 

 comparatively dry food is given, of an ample supply of 

 water being allowed, has been insisted on. Where the 

 animal is house-fed, it should be fed on succulent and dry 

 food alternately, and at least three times a day, allowing 

 ample intervals for rumination. In any case she should 

 be allowed access to a pasture or a yard for exercise during 

 the middle of the day in winter, and early and late during 

 summer. But it is of course much the better plan, where 

 possible, to have daily access to the pasture field for food 

 as well as exercise all round the year. (1.) The coiv-house 

 may be a mere shed with a trough along its inner side, 

 and upright posts every 6J feet or thereabouts, carrying a 

 sliding ring and neck strap, by which two cows are attached 

 each to its place ; this shed should be open to the south, 

 and be partly closed against the weather by wattled gates, 

 or otherwise, in winter. Or it maybe a series of "boxes," 

 which may be 9 feet square, or, 8 feet by 10, in which the 

 cow remains during the winter season, being littered daily, 



; 

 * Blackie, Glasgow. 



