The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-15
From the Southern CuItiva,or.
sCTLINC COWS,

Every years experience in sniiing COWS
TO Increase the tlov of milk. serves to prove
thc profit of t!i~ cheap way Of feeding them.
Tie plant most cultivated for this purpose
in the Northern States is Iudinn Corn
Under -kilrul r.ana cement, several tons Of
rich green forage may be grown upon an
acre, cut with cr:amoa grain cradle, or
:srrss scyti". as needed by COWS or other
stock. and fed either in small fields. wards
or stables. Many Il dairy man in New
Work would have been compelled to fodder
his COWS on dry hay in July, August and
September last, owing to tie severity of the
drought, had he not wisely sown corn broad
cast OF IN drills carly in the season, cx-
prcs-Iy to supply forage in summer and
autumn. in case his pastures and meadows
failed. MI domestic quadrupeds need Il
fall supply Of food during ell the warm
months In the wear; and it j. the duty of
the farmer to provide it for them. That it
will pay to keep stock well, if it be kept at
all, 40 sensible man viii doubt. As evil
drncc bearing directly on the question of
soilimg cows giving milk, we ask attention
t. the following statement copied from the
New England Farmer, one of the oldest and
most reliable papers devoted 20 the farming
interest:
''!S0H.Hg CorS.-The superiority of soil
ing, over the common method of turning
cattle to pasture, or in ether words allowing
them free range, is strongly commended
for by many 1T this day. The practice, so
far IA it prevails in this country, has been
introduced from Europe, where it obtained
for Il long time, and where certain pccu-
liaritics of soil, climate and population,
render ii far more necessary than it now is,
or very soon can be, with us. Yet if it
really possesses the high merits claimed for
it by its advOcatcs-many of whom were
among the most intelligent and discriminate
ing farmers and dairymen our country can
boast of, it Is certainly by no means to be
neglected. We have now before us as we
write, the statements of many men of this
class, and among tie number IL gentleman
of Wultham, Middlc>"x county, Mass, who
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could be appropriated to pasturage. These
animals, therefore, were never out Of the
harn-yard, and fed with grass moved for
them, with green corn fodder which had
been sown broadcast for them, and about
three Pints of meal each per day. The
amount Of their produce was kept for thir-
teen weeks. Two of these animals were
hcifCrs of two years old, which had calves
in the spring. The whole milk of one of
them was taken by her calf during six
weeks out of the thirteen weeks. Some of
the milk of the other was taken for family
Wsc' but the quantity was not determined.
Under these circumstances, three heifers
could not be rated as more than one cow at
fall age and milk. From this stock, how
ever, thus circumstanccd and fed, $50
pounds of butter were made in thirteen
weeks! I'm additional pound would have
given an average of thirty pounds a week,
for the whole time, to stock which must,
in fairness, be set down as three COWS.
Three hundred ana eighty nine pounds of
butter from four good COWS, in thirteen
weeks, Is a handsome return for the trouble
of cutting green corn or grass for their daily
food. Shaded from the sun by an open
shed, all their droppings can be easily col
lectcd into covered reservoir, and thereby
furnish the maximum of valuable manure"
The writer has Travelled much in several
States in the last two months, and spent
most of his time with gentlemen known to
him as reading farmers. Wherever soiling
Is wholly overlooked, tho want Of good feed
Tor neat stock and OTTER work-horscs is
severely felt. One can never have first-rate
mixers until he provides a plenty of the
right kind of green meat for his cows
Where n farmer understands the art of
producing milk, it is the cheapest and most
healthy food for the consumption of servants,
or laboring people, and for rearing children.
For rearing pigs, and providing all the meat
that may be needed on the plantation, milk
is hardly less useful. \ plenty of sweet
fresh butter for the table, and some to spare
IN exchange for groceries, will improve the
living of many family, and save much of
the cash received for the main crops Of the
farm. y few acres made rich and planted
or sown thichly for forage, will yield hand |
some return, while the land and labor so
employed vii! never be missed in the years |
operations.
Nearly akin TO the raising of corn, peas
and grass for soiling in the summer and
autumn, Is the sowing of winter barley, rye
and wheat for paSturage at the South from
December till March. One needs either !
good fresh lands or that which has been !
literally mnnurcd for this purpose. Sow
carly, put on a plenty of seed, and harrow
the ground most eifrctually at the time of
seeding, and roll it il YOU have q roller. To |
make one COW worth six common ones with
common fare, in winter, Is no very difficult .
task. d.
YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS.--Bcat up two |
riggs in d basin, add u them three good