Iso met MILCH COWS. 503‘ c state the rest. Great milkers are seldom handsome, but of i will b a gaunt and meagre appearance; nevertheless, I ne Cattle have seen some thorough-shaped, although they ne- i ly ready, ver carried niuch flesh, whilst in milk. It is not: Welghing within the scheme of nature, to give absolute per-} € Of Im. fection, so we never need expect to find cows, both| to sale capital milkers, and extremely apt to fatten; but{ t to kill many such will take on a great burden of fat, in; ast tho- length of time. The first consideration, beyond a| 1 the ne- doubt, is milking; although it be an object, to milk; id if the a beast that will feed up to a considerable size and 4 | tut, or price. A cow isin her prime for milk, at five years 3, Wane: old; and none, however old, should be turned from ord the dairy, whilst they milk largely; on the other rae-hand, it is extremely unprofitable to keep a small- a milker: middling ones should only be kept long enough to take the flush of their milk, and be dis- in charged after Six years old. I believe all cows are ‘benefitted, both in milk, and goodness of calf, by 1s going dry a month or two before bringing forth. He -Keep, who is well provided with winter-keep, will have mee great advantage in the purchase of cow-stock, al- 5 and ways reduced in price onthe approach of winter. It E aay isa common plan in the breeding-counties, to job in 2 much cows, buying them in calf, in the autumn chiefly, 24 fall of to be dispased of at calving-time, in the spring: a this plan pays well when the stock is well win- J nilking, tered.| ee from With the common method of keeping cows,(I 4 pps, tht do not mean upon dairy-farms), I am totally at va-| f ys ude riance. Inot only think it mean and stupid, but J a worth know it to be unprofitable, and that the intended 3 the aim is missed. It is generally said, that cows in 1

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