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oats, and peas or sweet corn fed in the barn, night and morn- 

 ing as needed. 



While confined in the barn, from October first to June first, 

 they were watered twice each day. The milking was com- 

 menced at six o'clock in the mornings during winter, and in 

 summer at half past five. The afternoon milking was com- 

 menced at half past three o'clock throughout the year. This 

 early afternoon milking was necessary so that the milk might 

 be delivered to the consumers at half past five o'clock. Our 

 experience here causes us to believe that these unequal periods 

 of time between milkings are not detrimental to the milk yield. 

 The cows become accustomed to the arrangements, and being 

 largely creatures of habit they continue to secrete and yield 

 milk as freely as though the periods were more nearly equal. 



These animals are valuable for breeding purposes and our 

 aim is to develop their ability to produce satisfactorily. This 

 we do by careful handling and feeding. Coarse and succulent 

 foods are provided them freely, while moderate quantities of 

 concentrated foods are used. Larger yields of milk and butter 

 could easily have been secured by heavier grain feeding. 



