100 THE DAIRY OF THE FARM. 



sufficient wholesome food for them, and abundant water, 

 with frequent change of pasturage when at milk these 

 are the special maxims of successful dairying. If on the 

 one side of these we have . the proper cultivation and 

 management of the land, and on the other, cleanly, care- 

 ful, and skilful management in the dairy, then a maximum 

 of dairy produce may be expected. But this depends 

 essentially on the health, and therefore on the treatment, 

 of the animals which yield it. If one word more be 

 permitted it should contain the answer of an old dairy 

 farmer when asked as to the secret of his success. It 

 had come principally, he said, of seeing for himself that 

 his cows were always thoroughly milked out. 



