Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-01-15

AGRICULTURAL.

AGRICULTURAL.
From the Baltimore american Farmer.
| On TIE management offhe Dairy, hdr-
ticuiariy 4uHh RESPECT TO TIE aia&jaS'
ard curing Of Bnner.--Ey a. Inter-
son.
When a dairy is established, the IN
dertaker ought to be fully acquainted
with every circumstance respecting the
manufacture Of butter, The first thing
is to choose COWS Of a proper sort -
among this class Of animals, it is found
by experience that some kinds give milk
Of thicker consistencc and richer qua
lity than others. In Judging Of the value
of a COW, it ought rather TO be the guam
tny and quality of the cream produced
from the milk III given time, than the
quantity Of the milk ITSELF this is a Cir
cumstance of more importance than is
generally imagined. The small COWS
of the Attorney breed afford the richest
milk hitherto known; but individual
COWS in every country, maybe found, by
a careful selection, that afford much
richer milk than others; these, therefore,
ought to be searched for with care, and
their breed reared with attention, as be-
ing peculiarly valuable. In comparing
the milk Of two cows to Judge Of their
respective qualities, particular attention
ought TO be paid to the time that has
elapsed since their calving. To make
the COWS give abundance of milk, and Of
a good quality, they must at all times
lave plenty of food. Grass is the best
food yet known for this purpose, and thai
kind which springs up spontaneously on
rich dry soils, is the best of all. II the
COWS are SO much incommoded by the
heat, as to be prevented from eating
through the day, they ought to be taken
into cool shades for protection; where,
after allowing them a proper time to
ruminate, they should be supplied with
abundance Of green food, fresh cut for
the purpose, and given them by hand,
frequently, fresh, and insmallquantities so
as to induce them to cat il with pleasure.
Cows, if abundantly fed, should be
MIXED three times day during the
whole of the summer season---iH the
morning early; at noon, and in the even
ing just before night fall. If COWS are
MIXED only twice in twcnty-four hours,
while they have abundance of succulcnt
food, they will yield much smaller
quantity of milk in the same time. than
if they we're MIXED three times. Some
attentive observers | have met with,
think COW in these circumstances will
give nearly as much milk at each time,
if MIXED three tines as if they were
MIXED only twice. In the choice of
persons for milking the COWS, great eau
| ton should be employed, for if all the
milk be not thoroughly drawn from a
a COW when she is MIXED, a diminution
ofthe quantity gradually takes place, and
in O. short time the COW becomes dry. In
the management Of a dairy, the follow
ing peculiaritics respecting milk, ought
very particularly to be attended to; some
of them are, no doubt, known in part to
attentive housewives, but they have ne
yer been considered of SO much impor-
lance as they deserve.
Maxim the milk that is drawn
from any COW at one time, that which
comes off at the first is thinner, and of a
much worse quality than that which
comes afterwards, and the richness goes
on continually increasing, to the very last
drop that can be drawn from the udder
at that time.
Few persons are ignorant that milk,
which is taken from the COW last of all
at milking, which in this country is
called stroakings, Gin the New England
states, strippings,) is richer than the rest
of the milk, but fewer still are aware. of
the greatness Of the disproportion be-
tween the quality of the first and the
last drawn milk from the same COW at
one milking; from several accurate and
important experiments, it appears that
the person, who, by bad milking OF his
cows, loses but half pint of the last
milk that might be obtained, loses in
fact about as much cream as would be
afforded by six or eight pints at the be-
ginning, and loses besides, that part OF
the cream which alone can give rich
ness and high flavor to his butter.