Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18

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Introduction, we may at least hope to see
such provision occasionally, and perhaps
made.--N e. Farmer.
AaoOD COW.
The value of good COW can scarcely be
over-estimated. We have seen cow the |
last week, who besides giving milk enough |
for calf which she has sucked the last
seven weeks, has given sixteen quarts of
milk daily for family use and for sale.
Her milk likewise is Of an excellent quail
ity. In ten and half months Of the last
year, she yielded 1915 quarts Of milk,
beer measure, and her keeping was not
extravagant. She has now good grass
feed and three pints of meal daily; in
uin.er she has hay and two quarts of In
|eal; but no swill or vegetables.
The latter might certainly be added to adj
vantage. The milk is readily sold in the
neigh6orhood, where she is kept, at five
cents per quart. What domestic animal
yields more liberal profit? Why, she
puts to shame three fourths of the bipeds
ia the country; who so far from furnish
ing any valuable contribution to the gen
eral stock, do not earn even the iced
creams with which they regale them
selves! A good COW is one of the great
est benefactions, which divine Providence
ever bestowed upon the human family in
the form of quadruped; and every friend
to true responsibility and merit, as far as
responsibility and merit depend upon use
fulness, will be more than half inclined
10 take off his hat to such a noble animal,
who certainly does more good IN her way
than most Of the noisy politicians IN the
country in any way. We have
known COW, who several years made a
return to her owner of more than l5O
dollars each year by the sale OF her milk
at five cents quart; and we know an IN
stance, where an honest man, who had
become utterly bankrupt, yet was not
bankrupt in the best of all possessions an
independent spirit and determination to
live within his means, supported himself
wife, and children for six months with no
other income or resource than the milk
Of one good COW. We say we have known
some such cows; aud we deem them very
worthy acquaintance.-lf it is not an hon
or it is certainly pleasure TO have known
them; and we are not surprised at the su
perstition of the poor Hindoos, who made
the cow an object OF idoatrOus worship
for where could these poor benighted chIl
dren of nature find in humble and ia
miliar form, a more striking example o
the bene6cence of a kind providence
With appetites not depraved by luxur.
> they sat down under her flowing udde
u after the fatigues of toll and the exhaust
i ion of heat, to regale themselves from
{ this daily flowing fountain, with a yes
e like that with which the parched Ara
70 approaches spring among the burning
= sands and now in some parts OF tn
world, where rural life exists in all it
'e simplicity, the poor cottager and his chi
J dren NAV be seen with their basins
= night gathering round this their dahl
&c ! benefactor with the same grateful pleas
y ure with which the Israelltes came roun
W 70 the gushing fountains from the rock
VI the wilderness. Respect and honor tn
z COW treat her we'll; begrudge her
~ kindness there is no animal will MOI
&c fully compensate your liberaity; an
~ when we hear farmers say, as we otte
do, in a boasting way, how much butte
II and milk they get from their cows an
~ ~ then add " but they go in very poor pa
~ ture and we give them nothing, and
&c winter keep them upon nothing hett'
~ than fresh meadow hay" we are halt dl;
y posed to say that such owners deser'
. nothing, and ought to 60 in the sam
~ poor pasture with their cows. AS
~ have said on a former occasion, 1t Is
rs false and miserable economy.
~: ~ The cow to which we have reterrt
II. above was of native stock, and raised
~ her present owner. 1t adds to the man
u proofs, which are constantly presentln
9" themselves, to establish the great posltIc
III that our present dairy stock requires on
We careful selection and good keeping TO u
nish as valuable race of milking ar
~ mails as we can expect to obtain ny II
nc importation of the best breeds, whIt
" have yet been brought into the county,
~ E. Farmer.
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