n8 THE JERSEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COW. 



plague of parasites with which cows are afflicted, but if 

 they were kept perfectly clean, there would be fewer 

 occasions when such cures would be necessary. Pre- 

 vention is better than cure, and by attending to the 

 cleanliness of the cow much would be prevented. 

 Cows should be curry-combed, or at all events rubbed 

 down carefully several times a day with a wisp of 

 straw, and all manure removed from their coats. All 

 this may be considered troublesome, as no doubt it is ; 

 but then anything worth doing is not done without 

 trouble, and to make cows pay cannot surely be called 

 an unnecessary trouble. 



