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PROFIT AND PLEASURE 



that I thought quite as good as my own, the illustrations of which 

 are shown herewith. This building was originally built for a 

 brooder house for young chicks and as such did service for many 

 years. The original building (14x20) was later added to by link- 

 ing on to it another poultry building 8x12, making a feed and 

 workroom 9x11 between them; the floor plan and description will, 

 I believe, convey a very good idea of how it is arranged. 



MILK 



The city girl who asked the farmer which cow gave the butter- 

 milk, displayed no greater ignorance than many others who seena 

 entirely unaware of the why and wherefore of the milk question. 

 They have the idea that a cow begins to produce milk as soon as 

 she is grown and continues to do so without interruption, during 

 the rest of her life. 



Mrs. D. O. Rhodes' VERDA NO. 704 A young Toggenburg Doe from 

 unregistered parents. Produced 82 lbs, 15 ozs. milk in 7 consecutive days. 



As is generally known, all mammals produce their young in 

 a dependent state, so far as food is concerned and their only sup- 

 ply is from the mammillary glands of the mother, which are ex- 

 cited into action by the process of reproduction and the birth of 

 the offspring. Nature provides this supply (which we call milk) 

 only so long as it may be necessary for the young, or until such 

 time as they are in condition to thrive on the natural food for 

 the adult of the species. If the young should die before being 

 weaned, the milk supply will soon cease. 



Man early discovered that the milk of certain animals was 

 excellent food for human beings and usurped the place and priv- 



