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Show . An old stagnant pond is no place for a cow to slack her thirst. Cows differ somewhat in the amount of roughage they will take. Every dairy farmer should organize a cow-testing association of bis own. A "boarder" in the dairy herd is a sign. of an owner who is satisfied with life as it is. The mangel is excellent for stock feed, being greatly relislird by milk cows in winter. When butter refuses to "gather" the cream may be too sour or the temperature too low. Provided yoru cow is a good one, the more rho 13 fed along right line3 the more she will give. Stringy milk is brought on by a fermentation in the udder caused by a certain form of b::cteria. Milk left in the pail of the skim-milk skim-milk calf means sour milk in a very short time these hot days. To he sweet and clean it is derlra ble that the cow stable be whitewashed white-washed at least twice a year. The best cow is the one that can consume the lartrf st amount of roughage rough-age and use )t to the best advantage. The number of acres required to feed a herd of twenty cows in full milk will depend "largely upon the condition of the ground and t!je Eon. |