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the continuous production of milk is valuable to the dairyman, 

 the cow, unless allowed some period of rest between each calf, 

 suffers very considerably from the strain. Whilst the majority 

 of cows do not milk for more than nine months at a time, many 

 good dairy cows only dry off for a month or so previous to 

 calving. It is desirable that a resting period of a month or six 

 weeks should be allowed to each cow before calving. The 

 quantity of milk can be reduced by milking less frequently, 

 finally milking once every other day, then every third day, or 

 even more seldom than this, depending upon the condition of 

 the udder, until so little milk is yielded that it is unnecessary 

 to withdraw it. 



Importance of Recording and Testing the Milk. — It is desirable 

 that those who are anxious for the improvement of their dairy 

 stock should weigh the milk of each cow morning and evening, and 

 note it in a book specially kept for that purpose. In conjunction 

 with the record of the weight of milk yielded by each cow, an 

 occasional test for the amount of butter-fat present should be 

 made (see Leaflet No. 146). The value of such records, which 

 show both the quantity and quality of milk of individual cows 

 yielded during their lactation period, cannot be over estimated. 

 The value of the increased milk yield of the herd year after 

 year, consequent on the judicious weeding out of inferior 

 animals, well repays the small additional expense of the work 

 entailed in making such records. 



Theodore R. Robinson. 

 C. W. Walker-Tisdale. 



ANIMAL FOOD FOR POULTRY. 



Of the animal products which may be economically fed to 

 poultry, the following are the principal : Waste meat scraps 

 fresh from the butchers' stalls, raw fresh bones of oxen, sheep, 

 pigs, &c., fresh blood, dried blood, and dried beef scraps or meat 

 meal, fresh fish, skim milk, cracklings, greaves, tallow, fats, &c. 



Considerable discretion must, however, be exercised in the 

 use of these various articles. If fowls are fed too freely on them 

 they suffer in health, and their use when in a stale, decaying, 



