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Show THE WINTER DAIRY. II. With warm, convenient and well lighted stables, with plenty of good water, not too cold, the right kind of cows well fed and cared for, there should be excellent returns for the outlay in winter, nearly or quite as good as in the summer season. And then there will Le plenty of time to take the best care of the cows and to dispose of the milk, whether by selling direct, taking to creamery or making into butter on the farm. Every farmer after careful investigation investi-gation should dccicTc what breed of cows will be best for its particular purpose, and then as far as possible lie should breed up to the standard he has in view. Breed for a purpose and then keep steadily a it with a proper idea in view that will not allow of any divergence or mixing up of breeds. In fall and winter as the cows come fresh in milk will be just the time to select out or otherwise obtain the most promising heifer calves to raise for the dairy. With good feeding, comfortable quarters and proper care they should do finely through the winter and be ready to turn to pasture another spring. The older heifer should be well cared for through the winter, kept thrifty and growing. And this should be with .reference to their future use- fulness as good milkers in the dairy, and not for the production of beef, as that should be largely in another line of business. Where dairying is followed the year round, then it would be well to have cows come fresh in milk at different periods, so as to furnish a more uniform uni-form supply during the year. As the Middle West is so well supplied sup-plied with markets for daily products in all directions, there is no reason why with its natural resources it should not be made a most successful dairy region and be particularly adapted to winter dairying. E. R. TOWLE, Franklin Co., Vt. ' w ... |