IQO METHOD OP FEEDING COWS. 



VII. 



Account of Mr. Curwen's Method o/"Feeding Cows, 

 during the Winter Season, rcWi a View to provide poor Persons 

 ajid Children tfiih Milk at that time,. 



SIR, 



Preface. JtLvERY attempt to ameliorate the condition of the labouring 



classes ofthe community, is an object not unworthy of public 

 attention ; and has, on all occasions, been zealously patronised 

 by the Society of Arts. Under this impression I hope for the in- 

 dulgence ofthe Society in calling their attention to an experi- 

 ment, which I flatter myself will, in its consequence, prove not 

 only highly beneficial to the lower orders of society, but tend 

 likewise to the advancement of agriculture. 

 Great benefits There is not any thing, I humbly conceive, which would 

 fmrnaTkntififl Conduce more essentially to the comfort and health of the 

 supply of milk labouring community and their families, than being able to 

 procure, especially in vsrinter, a constant and plentiful sup- 

 ply of good and nutritious milk. Under this conviction, 

 much pains have been taken to induce the landed proprietors 

 to assign ground to their cottagers, to enable them to keep 

 a milch cow. The plan is humane, and highly meritorious ; 

 bat unfortunately its beneficial influence can reach but a few. 

 Could farmers in general be induced from humanity, or bound 

 by their landlords to furnish milk to those, at least whom they 

 employ, it would be more generally servi6eable. Even those 

 who have the comfort of a milch cow, would find this a better 

 and cheaper supply, as they can seldom furnish themselves 

 with milk through the winter. The farmer can keep his milch 

 cows cheaper and better ; for, besides having green food, his 

 refuse corn and chaflf, of little value, are highly serviceable in 

 feeding milch covv's. 

 General no- My object is to combat the prevailing opinion, that dairies 



are" not prefiu ^" summer are more profitable than in winter. I confidently 

 able in winter, hope to establish a contrary fact. The experiment I am about 

 to submit to (he Society, is to prove, that by adopting a dif- 

 ferent method of fseding milch cows in winter, to what is in 



general 



