PRACTICAL PAPERS—DAIRY FARMING. 185 
or thrice a day, is of the first importance ; for the first month 
new milk is indispensible ; after that time whey may be profi¬ 
tably fed with a pint of ground oats to a gallon of whey; 
the oats to be fed dry. Oil meal may be used with good ef¬ 
fect, as we have tried ; one half the quantity named above. 
Grass, all they desire, should be allowed them. At four or five 
months the whey should be taken off, and the best of after- 
math given with all the pumpkins they can eat, until they 
come to the feeding yard or stables. From that time until 
grass comes in the spring give them the best of early cut hay 
with their allowance of oat or oil meal, and they will grow 
“like calves of the stall.” 
It is best to develop the milk-producing qualities as early 
as possible; for this purpose they should be allowed to give 
milk at two years of age. If they prove to be large milkers 
to the extent of reducing their muscular vigor, they should go 
farrow the third year. The best farmers practice this course 
with success. The first season should be a long one, milking 
at least nine months in order to establish this habit, which will 
be found very strong when once fixed. 
What I have written is the result of my own experience— 
except where otherwise stated'—and the experience as well, of 
those who have been most successful in the handling of the 
dairy. Born and reared among the hills of Herkimer county, 
New York, where dairying is the one specialty, having been 
witness and partner of the prosperity growing therefrom, I can 
but urge my fellow farmers to change their method somewhat 
from grain-raising entirely to the dairy in part, believing that 
greater prosperity will result from their manly toil, and that they 
will sooner reach the goal of Independent Farmers. 
