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from the cow and consequently greater income per acre of land 

 — an important feature as the value of land increases. The 

 results likewise indicate the extravagance of letting a calf nurse 

 a good cow. It will not only eat its head of! by the butter-fat 

 it consumes, but it may materially lessen the production of the 

 cow. 



