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ter season, will be an average of seven pounds of 

 butter p«r week, from five to three gallons of milk 

 per day. 



Afterwards, a weekly average of throe or four 

 pounds of butter from barlrj^, half the quantity of 

 milk. It depends on th^ constitution of the cow 

 how nearly she may be milked to the time of her 

 calying, some giving good milk until within a week 

 or two of that period, others requiring to be dried 

 eight or nine weeks previously. 1 have heardfsays 

 Jl^r. Lawrence) of '20 lbs. of butter, and even 22 

 lbs. made from the milk of one longhorned cow in 

 seven days: but 1 have never been fortunate enough 

 to obtain one that would prodcue more than twelve 

 pounds per week, although I have had a Yorkshire 

 cov which milked seven gallons per day, yet never 

 ma 5 5 lbs. of butter in one week. On the aver- 

 age hree gallons of good milk will make a pound 

 of butter. 



To manage young chickens. 



The chickens first hatched, are to be taken from 

 the hen, lest she be tempted to leave her task unfin- 

 ished. They may be secured in a basket of wool 

 or soft hay, and kept in a moderate heat, if the 

 weather be cold, near the fire. Thc^y will require 

 no food for 24 hours, should it he necessary to 

 keep thorn so long from the hen. The whole brood 

 being hatched, place the hen under a coop abroad, 

 upon a dry spot, and, if possible, not within 

 reach of another hen, since the chickens will 

 mix, and the hens arc apt to maim and destroy 

 those which do not belong to them. Nor should 

 thev be placed near youno- fowls, which, are 



