. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy. Dairying. i)AIRY FARMS. n and soiling crops. A public road ran along the front of the farm and another divided it into two nearly equal parts. By fencing in an open wood lot and seeding it down with mixed grasses, a shaded pasture, supplied with ^ a permanent spring, was made for the exercise of the cows. A small pasture field was made by seeding with orchard grass and clover near the barnyard, and a gate on the road gave easy access to it. Another lot seeded to mixed grasses was made at the back of the barn, and a gate opened to it f
. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy. Dairying. i)AIRY FARMS. n and soiling crops. A public road ran along the front of the farm and another divided it into two nearly equal parts. By fencing in an open wood lot and seeding it down with mixed grasses, a shaded pasture, supplied with ^ a permanent spring, was made for the exercise of the cows. A small pasture field was made by seeding with orchard grass and clover near the barnyard, and a gate on the road gave easy access to it. Another lot seeded to mixed grasses was made at the back of the barn, and a gate opened to it from the yard. A small grass lot was ^>iir smlinq cropi •^ jCrajj/oZ-forcoy^ Cc^^Vot t^urd 6 ' • * «. Fig. 1.—PLAJSt OF A DAIRY FARM. kept for calves adjoining the calf pen. These lots were fenced, but the rest of the land was all thrown into two fields, which were cultivated for fodder and root crops. A brook supplied the calf lot and one grass lot with water ; a spring and a small run supplied the woods pas- ture. A dwarf pear orchard near the house made a run for calves and poultry, of which a number of light Brahmas were kept for market chickens. The barnyard contained half an acre ; the barn, sheds, bull and calf pens, and stable, formed a right angle facing to the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, Henry. New York, Orange Judd
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