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On the Farming of Middlesex. 
run at large in tlie fields would risk that condition, " which is 
money " in the case of the milch cow as well as of the fatting 
beast. 
In this case the method of feeding, and the nature, quantity, 
and quality of the food ai'e very much if not exactly the same as 
in the cowsheds in the heart of London. There is, however, at 
least this variation from the old management. By the well-known 
name " the London cow," in the Vale of Aylesbury, and other 
dairy districts, was understood a cow of mature age, ready to calve, 
or perhaps with a calf at her side : when sent to London she was 
milked, and being well fed, was fit for the shamljles when her milk 
failed. In this establishment a bull is now kept, partly from 
general convenience, and partly from the inconvenience experi- 
enced with the herd of 100 cows in sending them from home for 
breeding purposes during the continuance of the plague. The 
daily course is as follows: — 2.30 a.m., milk; 3| a.m., bushel 
of brewers' grains ; 5 a.m., hay, 1 truss of 5Glbs. to 8 pairs of 
cows; breakfast; 9 a.m., water; 9J a.m., hay; 11 a.m., cabbage, 
3 bushels to 2 or an equivalent of roots, mangold or swede ; 
2 p.m., milk; 3 p.m., grains; 4 p.m., cabbage; 5^- p.m., hay. 
The milk when shed is immediately sent in a van to London^ 
and delivered to the dairyman. 
The other establishment is nearer London, though on a grass 
farm^; with less arable land. There is little difference in the 
management, excepting that the first period of milking is one 
hour later, and the feeding times are regulated accordingly. 
Here one of the cowsheds is of more recent construction than in 
the former example cited, with a middle passage towards which 
the heads of the double tier of cows are ranged ; but the prac- 
tice and arrangement are condemned by some cow-keepers, who 
consider that the animals are quieter in stalls with their heads 
facing a wall or partition. 
The number of the cows is nearly 100, and a v/ell-bred bull 
is kept. Both establishments are under the care of intelligent 
and trustworthy persons, and both are marked by cleanliness and 
attention to the well-being of the cows and horses, which are 
proportioned to the means and requirements of the farms. 
London Cowsheds. 
The cowsheds of London, notwithstanding the cattle plague 
and the refusal of licences in the more crowded and central 
districts, are still very numerous. As to the general question, 
Mr. Morton asks, " Is it better to convey the bulky supply of 
food to the cow with the milk at the door of the consumer, or 
to feed the cow where the food is at hand and convey the milk 
