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not occur until the time when the pastures dry up. 

 The cow will then go dry in the early Fall, when feed 

 is scarce. Usually, however, the cows are allowed to 

 ^'coine in" in the Spring and the yield of milk begins 



Milking on a Danish farm 



to shrink in the late Summer with little or nothing 

 in the Winter. 



Test the Cows. — To ascertain if a cow pays for her 

 feed the amount and the quality of the milk should 

 be tested and computed for the year. If the milk from 

 each cow cannot be weighed every day it may be done 

 regularly once a month or preferably oftener. If it is 

 weighed morning and evening once every ten days it 

 is easy to keep the account by multiplying the number 



