Care Of Dairy Cows

Thoy requira a large ainount of H, aii'l il' they do not rooeivo U they will fiil to bo profitable. They denvind inoro to e;it than other kinds of stock, as miich of the food thcy consumo is employé 1 in ilio pro luction of milk. If the supply of food is stinted, tho yii'l 1 of milk will bo lessenod, for tho ordinary waste of the systom will bo provided for wliether milk is sec re teil or not. It is not eBQllgh to allow dairy cows tho rane of n pood pastnre. Tliis nny allow sufficiem food, and it may not. The growth of grasa dependa very targely on tho eeason, If it is quite dry, tho growth of grasa will bo email. If it is very Wet, the grasa may be abundant, but it will be vranting in tho elementa noüossary to produce sweet, rich milk. Wbera sevor.il dairy cows are kopt on a farm títere shouldalways be provisión for supplyiug them with food wheii leed in tho pasture is short. Corn fo Idor, and lulo in the seaoon, cabbayes and pumokins are excellent. .Even if the feod iu the pastura is abundant and excellent, it is best to glve milch oows someotliei' kind of food If slarge yiold ol milk is ex pee tod. Corn-meal, bran, and shorts aio all económica! to feed in connoction with graas. Many of the best dairy farmers in the west as well as in the east give the ir cows grain in some form, even when the ioed in the pasture is in tlio best condition. Thcy flnd tuat tho laryost proflt coinés ftoin high feeding. Most kinds of oattle may ;et along very well if thoy are allowid water onoe a day and salt onco a week, but cows giving milk should have access to goud, puro cold water at all times, and havo au opportunity to taste salt every day. Cows should never be allowed to feil oll in supplying milk on account of a lack of suüiciont and suitablo fuod. lusulRciont tool may causo a cow to give two quarts of milk lesa tliau sho gave a íevf days provious.