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Ayrshire on the other. In Devon and 

 Somerset a good non-pedigree Red Devon 

 cow can frequently be obtained at a normal 

 price, and, Hke the cross-breds to which we 

 have referred, she may be utilised with 

 some confidence owing to the fact that she 

 is a producer of rich milk. 



Our object in making these suggestions is 

 to induce the small holder to look not only for 

 cows which produce large volumes of milk, 

 but milk of high quality, and, by no means 

 least, cows which possess strong constitutions 

 which are easily imparted to stock by crossing 

 between the healthy parents of two varieties, 

 and which are calculated to feed well when 

 they have been milked sufficiently long. In 

 the words which some farmers employ, the 

 cow which they prefer to select is the animal 

 which 'keeps the money together.' It is 

 too often regarded as inevitable that when 

 a cow is sold her owner should be prepared 

 to receive a few pounds less than she cost 

 to buy, but unless she is some years older 

 there is no reason why this should be the 

 case. The mature cow sold out of the 

 dairy should be sold out fat, and if she 

 has been gradually fed during the last few 

 months of her existence in the stall she 



