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Show Tub Milk Supply1 of Paris. Paris consumes 300,000 quarta of milk daily; its quality io anotbei matter. The supply ib obtained from a radius of ninety milea round tbe capital. Now, good rich milk meaua long life for babiea and old persona; consequently, money ia no object, ii tho end can be obtained. A. M. Hardon, redding at a short distance from Paris, supplies 480 quarts per day to a select circle of customers, at 14 nous per quart. He hus Bixty coflt", each yielding, on an average, eight quarta of milk Oaily; the milk, when drawn from the cow, is well shaken and cooled tho Danish plan iu water pumped from a dep wall by a steam engine. Thia arrange ment prevents the oream from settling. set-tling. Ihe milk ia then placed io quart and halt quart cans and soldered with, in addition, the seal of the firm. Tue morning's is never mixed with the evening's milk; the food supplied io tbe cjws ia uniform, aud tbe breati of ct'.le, the Cotenline, ia never changed. M Hrdou buya tha cowd immediately alter their calving, at 7U0 francs eacbf and seds them .the moment their yield of milk falls be low eight quartB. His farm consists ,.f mi ao-u- and hi j not caih orchis are 35.000 franca yearly. Tbe cows are fed on beeta, carrots, trench-preserved trench-preserved maiie, and uncut bay; two tons of bran per mouth are given; from March to November tne cattle are grazed. |