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mixed with the grain and feed, and at regular times, morning, 

 noon and night. I prefer the three feeds, although some good 

 authorities say the same (juantity fed in two feeds gives just as 

 good i\3sults. My way is to begin, say, at 5 o'clock, a. m., 

 clean out the stable, brush oti" the cow, rubbing the udder 

 with a soft cloth ; if necessary to wash the udder do it with 

 tepid water and be careful to dry it well; then give the morn- 

 ing feed. A good all round ration in this Province, and tlie 

 most of it can be raised on the farm, is, according to the cow, 

 say 15 to 20 lbs., cut hay, wet and mixed with 5 to G lbs. of 

 grain, oats, peas and barley, and 3 to 4 lbs. bran, middlings 

 and a little salt; the above feed at three feeds, if you have 

 ensilage one feed, say 30 lbs., reducing your cut hay and meal 

 one third. 



Between 10 and 11a. m. we water, if fine, outside, if cold, 

 inside ; and 1 am inclined to think the time is not far off' when 

 milch cows will be fed and watered in the stable from fall 

 until spring. After the morning feed begin the milking with 

 the same cows and at the same time, thus ensuring regularity 

 with the same milkers to the same cows, and all treated with 

 the greatest kindness. After watering in the forenoon every 

 animal has a thorough carding and brushing. This is most 

 important, not only for the health and comfort of the cow, but 

 for cleanliness in milking. If the cow is not kept well 

 groomed, the dirt dries into the hair and then the act of milk- 

 ing shakes it down like dust into the pail, rendering the milk 

 untit for human food. For bedding I find nothing equal to 

 sawdust ; nothing else will absorb so much of the valuable 

 pUnt food in the liquid manure as sawdust. I know this 

 from ten years' actual experience. If you are not near enough 

 to the saw mill, the next best thing is dried muck or cut 

 straw, barley or pea straw preferred. In the pasture, unless 

 you have good warm clusters of trees, a pasture shed should 



