Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-03-01
AGRICULTURAL.
TREATMENT OF MILoH ooIvv

TREATMENT or Mich cows.
There Is, perhaps, no part of the hus-
handy Of our country so much neglected
- that which relates 70 the providing Of
provender for the mich cows on our farms
On many estates, even those Of magnitude,
the chief pam Of the food, il not the entire,
which they get. are the blades, the tops
and the hnsks Of the corn, with an occa-
sionaI gratuity Of nubbins by way of hoIi-
day feast The consequence Is. that if
me winter be severe and protracted, there
y nine chances out often, that every COW.
long before spring arrives, is either dry,
OF 80 near i, that the milk she will give
IS not worth the trouble and cost of strip-
pings 50 that many farmers with half a
dozen or more cows have neither milk
nor butter sufficient for the domestic uses
oftheir tables, during the latter part of
each winter, and by the.time that the cold
and bleak winds Of March arrive. manv
o. the cows are on the az. How is i
possible 1t can be otherwise There
y bttle or no succulent in the food we
have described in its dry state, and con-
sequently cows fed upon il, must, for the
want OF matter convertible into milk,
cease to yield il. In every other country
save our own, It forms a part Of the bust
ness Of every farmer or planter, to pro-
vide full supplies Of nutritious food for
his stock Of every kind, and for those
which comprise the dairy cows, especial
pains and care are taken 10 provide a suf-
hcient Quantity OF such roots as are hear.
teDing and succulent, so that BY thus pro-
viding q substitute for the grasses of the
pasture, or the soiIing stalls or yards, his
dairy, even through the dreary and in
element period Of the winter. may con-
tihue 70 contribute largely to the comfort
Of bis Iamily, and to the increase of his
fortune. No good farmer, then, will keep
more cows than he can keep wen, and in
20 keeping them, he finds his trouble re-
warded. and has besides the satisfaction of
knowing. that in thus acting he has full
flled an obligation imposed on bin by
every human consideration, and discharp.
ed q duty required BY Him, who, in plac-
ing the beasts Of the field in subsection to
man, enjoined that he should extend to-
wards them his kindest protection and
care. We frequently hear gentlemen
complaining Of the difficulty of procuring
such cows as will make profitable returns,
and ofthe impossibility Of keeping them
TO- their milk during the winter. The
reason is obvious. No COW, and we care
not what her breed may be, whether she
be Of improved Durham Short Horn, the
Devon, the Alcerny, the common COW of
the country, or any other-we saw no COW
can be kept in the pail, unless you give
her something which will both nouIisb
her system and replenisb her udder. To
make a COW yield . liberal supply Of milk
through the winter, she should have in |
addition to full supplies Of food, wholesome
hay OF fodder, at least half a bushel of
root Of some kind, or an equivalent of
eabbages or kale per day. And If the |
hay should be fed long. each COW should |
have, At least two days in the week,
messes o. chopped rye. and cut straw, to
be either steamed or mixed nm with boil.
ing water, and permitted 10 remain nnt;l
!, Dc fsrlnentet before feeding, The am.
bi.ion Of procuring 6ne breeds Of animals
ofall kinds. Is Que worthy Of every praise /
bat thar Of taking good care Of what we
have, IS equally II not more laudible.-I
Besides these considerations, the inter-
est Of every farmer Is always promoted byl
feeding bic cows we'll IL fed in the ni9. I
gard manner we have described, their |
keeping, such a. Il is, is dead loss 10
Their oVDers; they make no manure
worth speaking about, and the animals
themselves are comparatively yalueless
and II Kept generously through the winter,
md sheltered r. the weather. each COW
viii give her two gallons Of milk per day,
and make from four 70 seven pounds Of
butter per week, which latter should be
set down as the profit a. the milk and
cream consumed blythe family will more
than compensate for the feed. In add
tion % ihis. animals thus fed make n roe
time. lhe quantity Of manure, and are l
always IA condition to command GOOD L
prices We have engaeedin no spsculal
iire theories II what we have said, but
Haze ri1Fr1.1i ourselves % the common
sau.s Of " agricultural community IN diet
ho1s ,ho( they VIII sce d. rfop6ety oil
sdop,ipg ,o,ns r'.p By, which 6us object
can BE- obl1ined - JFssfern Adr. j