THE DAIRY-ROOM AHD BUTTER-MAKIKG. 7V 



or from thoughtless boys, who are in haste to have the 

 "chores" over. In winter, it is melancholy to see cows 

 shrinking and crouching in a bleak, unsheltered yard, 

 with no escape from a biting wind or a sleety storm, until 

 they are put into ill-cared for stables at night, with the 

 snow still clinging to their cold wet hides. It would be 

 bad enough for a man to wear a wet over-coat all day, but 

 he would consider himself decidedly ill-treated, if he were 

 made to sleep in it all night in a draughty shed. Cows 

 enjoy getting into dry clothes as well as any one ! so let 

 them have a vigorous brushing when they have been ex- 

 posed to snow, and give them plenty of clean dry litter 

 for their nightly comfort. They should have shelter at 

 all times, summer and winter, whenever they are inclined 

 to seek it. In winter their food should be all the well- 

 cured hay they will eat clean, plenty of water, and a little 

 treat of roots or grain every morning. Do not regard it 

 as silly to give them caressing pats at milking-time, and 

 let them have names of their own, and learn to answer 

 to them. 



The little good-natured, affectionate Jersey, if you can 

 afford to pay the price asked for her, is one of the best 

 cows for supplying the table with rich and delicious milk. 

 Even children can milk these mites of cows, and they 

 easily become great pets. It may be thought by those 

 unfamiliar with their good qualities that their small size 

 is against them, and that some big common cow will re- 

 turn more milk for a much smaller investment of money. 

 But what the Jersey lacks in quantity compared with our 

 common cows, in their "new milch" time, she makes up 

 in quality in a steady yield of milk throughout the year 

 except for^a short interval before calving, when she is 

 with difficulty dried off. They arrive at maturity early, 

 generally giving milk when two years old, and often when 

 younger. They are as hardy as the common breeds, and 

 more easily kept as they have the inherited trait of 



