Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-19

lFrom the Massachusetts, -lcricxiturGk Journal.
PROFITABLE DAIRY
u may appear 10 readers Itle sInyulor
'nat we sh"hiu have requested Major Wheeler to fur
nsn ~" account VI the produce al his for publ
ca1ion iuose who have setn IN last number the
produce of AN English COW amounting 10 QUO lis Of
butter IA year, aud of tue 0akrs, or Dauyers COW
Who's rtouhee VAS 500, may lie disposed think lille
OF hi Mheeiei's stdeuekt. But The trustees ibo,yb
uw"nid he oi more consequence, and would be more like
" produce sp;Ir of emulation, To publish IN ac
eot " ioue "e eApei iineht, within the reach of
every iaTher Than merely EXHIBIT few examuIea Of
uios, u"co"Ioh occurrence The cases abnve referred
~, were Almost po"lges aud were inserted rather TO
sh"" ~hat very extraordinary cows with still more .x
uaordlnary FEED ale Capable Of producing. they have
eoie tendency 10 prove the Importance u: getting 4
sood breed OF COWS, and being more liLela, m The
manner of feeding ILvm.
Mr.. Wheeier's case is OF another sort n is an exbi
bton OF proht from the Idiuary mode of Ireau,rnt
except that Mr. Wheeler appear To have been unco,n
noaly attentive To manuring his pasture land Lsy,nc
or many years. successfully dressed IL with plaster of
PaIIs, ~ VI
10 shew that Mr.. wheeler's product is uueo,n,op far
OUT country, we shall here insert tie aHsuers which
nave been repeatedly made to the SucIet,,s uuestiou
nov isuch butter IS annually made from a cow and
no" much SKIM MIX eheest from the same COW
FROM Brooklyn the answer was 40 pounds OF butter
anu so pounss OF skim milk cheese.
FROM The Niad!escX aud SiuIhridge Societies 20
weight of bu,ier, aud as much weight Of cheese
From the shreMbury u Agricultural Society, tina,
medium COW will give 100 pounds OF butter AM, 50
weight OF skim milk cheese.
From Ns~bHy Agricultural Society, about l2o weight
of each. '
FROM Vas aborough Agricultural Society," about 100
weight of butter.
The Rev. Mr.. Packard OF Marlborough, made an
answer TO the question we wish was pasted M m
every DAIRY III the stale go The last Year said he
(19v) three cows IN tnis town produced y7S pounds
OF butte r....lf their calves had been taken fIon
them al week old they would have made jI pounds
Of butter. Those three cous were more uToducI,e
DAIRY than sir USHay with Ordinary Iced Farmers
egiegousy mistake, when they oyeisOck their farms
were dales always estimated by the rails OF mix they
produced, instead OF tue number ~ coUY, many
ers wives, instead OF asking their husbands TO buy
another cor, would urge him 10 seq lrO to enrich The
DAIRY" "
In this sentiment the Trustees are fully of accord
win Mr. Packard and they dssir. 10 sue th.
cows be Kept which i'll soon uuality
III VIII he seen by this exhibit thai Major Nheele,s
poduct Was very ar above the average aud we'll uor.
Thy OF notice.
Frdmimgh0a, December %. lsi7.
pEAR siR,-louTs of tie lsIh inst. tame To hand
wherein yon wish information respecting my dair,
Last sprung had six COWS anu ibe latter end Of Nav
keo on the calves, and sold them eight dollars aud
my Genus eacn, making D 5I The latter end Of june
bought small COW and calf after keeping the calf 81
weeks, sold the calf for dollars. 10
DufIng The months, commencing The latter end
oi May aud ending in November, which is SIX
hohths, made Dlll pounds of oulier, which
our marketteT returned, Oh an average ~
cents pei pound, which amounts To the
u; % 25i 20
III Tue same time ] made 1900 pounds OF skim.
milk cheese, which sold at OF cents per
ponnd, making Observation-Disclosures. 81 50
Total. Observation-Disclosures. S3gg 20
Further account ....ln The month of December, I
gathered cr'aI enough TO have ifIJ weight of butter
but for want OF knowledge i'll preparing the Sream
~ cold weather. aud Of much labour lOst could not
make II into butter, and had TO he other the
cream The above number Of with large woke
OF oxen were abOnt eighteen acres Of pastuIing uu
III alter we had done our hay ing, aud the had
grown rom the moving. The pasture is land where
nave pastued for several Yeas aud excepting
last Yeas, have made free Of plaster, say about
three bushels 10 an acre. three Of which is low
and cold, aud produced but lillle feed. am, &C.
K. Sullivan Esq.