Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-06
MICH COWS.

Ia aes'oer 10 qhs''ss pnt BY h A3ricuIturnl Soei.
RE Love-, C7ndd- 10 Str John Sinsla,r
Cove sprung from he sams parents. and reared
snd led tsso,her, will often vary considerably in tho
ausatny Of milk they yield Cows sive l,ss milk
uhen young, or when they are TOO old, than they
DO from four 10 eight years Of their age. Cows
mat ave lean give less milk and that of an inferior
qnh.y, than tho same cows will give when they
are IN good habit of body. Cows generally give
mere mix for t"o or three months after cslving
,hvn they do afterwards.
The quantity Of butter yielded by cows, depends
more the food given them, thnn on any particu-
larty Of the breed of cattle and the quality of the
nusr is xre.'y influenced by the mod, of feeding
|and s., Il re By Inc manner in when the butter
Is manufactured Cows that broazc on material
pasture, or what is called old turf, do not yield so
much mi'h as 10 same COWS would give when fed
on clover, turnips caobages, and new heritage bu,
The m''k of he former is OF better quality and yield,
' more and richer butter, from any given oaan,i v
o'mk, than II al Of cows fed on clover, Sc Some
Individual cows OF every breed give richer milk
and OF course more butter in proportion to their
MIX 'han o'her cows OF the same brec and when
reared and ted IN the Same manner. Milk, as il,
comss rom the cows, consists Of oily matter from
when butter Is made, t1ctic matter, which forms
1hsfss, and serum or whey and the milk of par
ueoaF cows ct every br-c1 j fets considerably IN
mo proportions II contains of these respective sub
shnces But II IS doubtful if any particular breed
can be poniel out, which uniformly yield more
ouIet Than any OF the other breeds except in 50 far
"hey ylold more mix. or are Influenced by eli
nate the mode Of feeding, &c. Much butter, and
@a OF superior quality, is m'dc in Holland ard
psr'lculaly IN tbs Province CT Frcscland This
seems 10 proceed from the cattle beng fed on m.a-
lows whore the heritage is of natural growth and
very rich The cows OF Holland give less milk IN
proportion to their size, than tho generality OF the
Scotch dairy cows but Inc milk Of the Dl'ch cow.
s'lcher than the other. In Holland the milk is no,
allowed TO stand moro than Is to ~ hours, to cast
up Cream, whlls in So laod it stands doubl. those
periods. The conscq renee IS that nothing but the
lches, and best cream, winch always rises first,
IS made into butter IN Holland while in Scotland
The nfcriof cream, whlca mskes nferor butter is
collected and chu,ncd with this other And, above
aathngs, the great attention paid 10 cleanliness in
Holland has pc ~crfnl ef,ct upon the quality Of
heir butter
A cow, kept, by VIM. Cramp Of Lewis in the
county oil Sussex, is mentioned IN the fifth and
s'1.h volumes Of the communications to the Boar1
OF Agriculture, as having yielded, in the year SO5
o4o pounds ofbatter, in 1907 she gave CTS rounds
M M isoS The same COW give 466 pounds, avoir.
aapo's OF buHer. The Secretary TO he Board O,
agriculture mentioned cow kept by the Rev. Mr.
nacSe'', Of Rockingham, near Newark, that well
u'o nineteen pounds, avoirdupois of butter in one
week 3ut he added, that six, seven, or egh
poanus per week, were the common returns of the
cows In tina. part of England
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