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frequently contains less fat than that obtained with other pro- 

 ducts, and the dairyman is in this respect at an apparent dis- 

 advantage; all facts being equal, beet-residuum fed cows give a 

 greater volume of milk, so that in the long run the money 

 returns prove greater than they are with less milk and more fat. 



A calving cow needs a warm, comfortable stable, and should Calving cow. 

 be freely covered with a blanket when the occasion demands; 

 then follow many precautionary measures which are beyond the 

 scope of the present writing, but suffice it to say that after 

 calving the ration should be so arranged as to bring it up to a 

 maximum pulp feeding, regardless at first of the money returns 

 in butter, etc. After this pushing, compensation will neces- 

 sarily follow. Experience shows that if these early stages are 

 neglected, do what one may, the difficulty cannot be met. 

 After the maximum milk flow has been reached, the cossette 

 feeding should be diminished in a rational proportion, the out- 

 come of personal observation. 



The ultimate cow is an object that one must always have in Calf-feeding, 

 view; if the calf does not receive what it needs for its early de- 

 velopment the full-grown cow will necessarily be disappoint- 

 ing. What is much to be regretted is that, just as is the 

 case with many women, considerations for the mother come 

 before those for the progeny. The milk of the mother is better 

 suited to the offspring than any possible combination, or even 

 the nurse who makes up for the neglect. In the average 

 methods of dairying, the butter, etc., considered from a com- 

 mercial standpoint, are more important than the calf, and then 

 one is surprised that there follows an ultimate decline in the 

 quality of the average stock. Giving the calf skim milk as a 

 main food and then whole milk, etc., may be all very well in 

 theory, but the grain diet when it comes is introduced with 

 greater difficulty. These artificial means are always a mistake. 

 Hence the reason for the very faulty conclusions drawn when 

 attempting beet cossette feeding with animals that have under- 

 gone artificial methods and the disregard of the regular rules of 

 nature during the early development. 



If the start be made with ample nitrogenous foods having in 

 view muscle development, tending also to facilitate digestion, 



