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the pail in which it is milked it is weighed and then writ- 
tenon a milk sheet. Both the morning and evening milk- 
ings are recorded for each day of the month and for each 
month of the milking period. A milk sheet large enough 
for all the cows should be provided, one for each month. 
By means of this sheet, when the totals are added up, a 
complete record for each cow is available by month and 
year and her worth may be readily calculated. 
Goon Cow SHELTER AT SMALL CosT 
Posts are set in the ground and covered with rails or boards, on top of which 
straw is stacked at threshing time. 
9. Cow shelters——Dairy cows require comfortable 
quarters. Steers are able to shift to better advantage, 
since the thick coating of fat just under the hides serves 
as a warm blanket for protection. Dairy cows are not 
thus shielded; they turn their food into milk and butter 
fat, and were they able to reason, would expect their 
keepers to furnish quarters that would protect against 
rain and snow and bad weather. Even for steers and 
other stock, shelters are desirable. These may be built 
of any material and may be of costly or simple construc- 
tion to suit the taste and purse of the owner. In either 
case the important consideration is to protect from rain, 
snow and wind and to provide a dry bed, 
