The farm-yard club of Jotham: . ued use of Madeira wine, — and if not gout, somethingworse. If I am wrong in this, I shall be glad to be set rightby those of you who have had experience in the business. Now, I beg you to remember that I am considering what Ideem to be for the best good of the animal, and most in ac-cordance with the best physiological laws. It may be profitablefor some of you to feed heavily, and force your cows up totheir highest capacity by a liberal use of such food as I amcondemning, and after a short period of time to turn your ani-mal for beef. This point I do not propos
The farm-yard club of Jotham: . ued use of Madeira wine, — and if not gout, somethingworse. If I am wrong in this, I shall be glad to be set rightby those of you who have had experience in the business. Now, I beg you to remember that I am considering what Ideem to be for the best good of the animal, and most in ac-cordance with the best physiological laws. It may be profitablefor some of you to feed heavily, and force your cows up totheir highest capacity by a liberal use of such food as I amcondemning, and after a short period of time to turn your ani-mal for beef. This point I do not propose to discuss. But 1 would ask you to con-sider the usual losson a cow when shehas finished her in the dairy, andto calculate carefullywhether it is not goodeconomy to avoid thenecessity for turningher for beef as longas possible. Cowsdo not mature at anearly age, rarely be-fore they are five orsix years old, and from that age until they are ten or eleventhey generally give their largest quantity of milk. I think this. JERSEY BULL. CA TTLE. 63 period cannot be shortened, without loss to the owner. AndI am confident that sucli a mode of feeding as will enablea good cow to retain her faculties to a good old age is mostprofitable to her owner. In addition to what I have suggested with regard to the foodof dairy cows, you will pardon me if I make a few remarks upontheir general treatment, — remarks which I shall base upon thestructure of the animal, and not upon any experience of myown. The cow, it should be remembered, is not made forrapid and long-continued exercise. Her muscular system, ifshe is well-adapted to the dairy, is not powerfully developed ;and her digestive organs are so constructed and constitutedthat she can preserve her health, even when kept in close con-finement. Give her a good pasture, and she supplies herselfwith food from the smallest surface and in as short a time aspossible, and then seeks a comfortable spot in which she canrepose. It is quiet a
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