New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-16
FACTS FOR FARMERS. No. VIII.

FACTS FOR FARMERS. =. No. VIII.
How TO ISoREAsE THE VALUE ~ ,Cow.-Every
one who Owls COW can zee =; glsrce thst !, would
be profitable TO increase the value Of her but every
ore csnpot see how 10 Go i. We c.n, AMI No think
,ha; We can make it equally pslpabIe 10 oIr naiss.
II cow is kept for butter, it certsnly ~oad Ala 70
her value the bulter.msking pr perties OF her milk
should be improved. la Summer or Winter this can
be improved aa. SIS re yield OF cultivated crcpcso
be improved by what is fed to EACH aud Is 10 simpys
question of viii tpay, in msnurpg one or feeding tbs
other lndisn corn viii add the qusstty and quality
the butter to very sensible degree, and e smpsys
question of easy solution by experiment. whether
viii add TO the profit of the butter msker to buy
a, one or two cents pound and convert portion Of
into butter a. 25 &C ats pound OF whatever the
ket price Of corn and may be- and smother por
ton Of il into fat and another portion Of il ato msnars,
for that the natural result of the chemical change
produced in the laboratory Of the cows stomach. Toe
same result will follow AIRY other kind Of feeding G,od
pasture will produce an abundance of milk, often IS much
as the COW can carry but does il follow that even then
will not be profitable to feed her With soce mono OLE
sRuous food to increase The qusnty OF butter ist -
il sometimes proves profitable to feed bses 70 enable
them 10 store more honey II certainly docs appear "
ma that the value Of cow foe dug upon ordinary VIM
ter food. may DO almost doubled by making that food
suitable for the purpose Of increasing the quantity Of
milk if that is the object the quantity cf butter
that is the purpose for which the COW 10 kept. Far
mers generally understand that they can convert corn
into beef pork and lsid and some OF them knoW ex-
sc.ly at what price per bushel il will pay to convert
into these substances but does sny one know At what
rate /. will pay to convert any other grain into
butter or any other kind Of feed into any Of the dairy
r,ciucts Is the whole business hap-hszrd ono
We fear co. Some persons know that they can in-
cresse the saabs value Of batter by adding the coor
ing matter of carrots TO IT, Does any person know the
vahe of bushe Of carrots fed to 10 increase her
value as butter. producing laboratory Experimental
proof upon this point would be far more worthy OF
cultural prizes than is to see who N show tho Arg
es sized roots for by few carefully conducted expert
ments We should be able TO increase the value OF COW
almost at pleasure.
PLASTER AND PAsTuRE-Upon one Of the hot days
of Iu,v VIC visited the farm Of VIM. II. Beden, Dover
plsins. Duchess Co. We should have said farms IN
stead Of farm, since the 65 owned BY him are
made up by the union of several farms with the on tn
homestead of one of the three Bsen brothers, who se
tied at an early day aorg the foot Of the hills h bound
the rich tract of land that gives name 10 the locality II
hardly necessary to say that the original "improvsrs
of the land only improved the forest Oh, While the aod
remained urimproved in value or produc iveness. 10
fact, il was called "run down" whom Mr.. Bsiden
boSght it. The portion that lies on the hills nsfurs
pasture and is profitable for grazing than for cu
tyaiion under the plow. Cnder the old system, how.
ever, il had been powed and hood, and plo~e and
planted again, and sowed to oats and rye and seeded
to gras. and moved and psstursd alternately, and a.
together not so profaby productive az TO induce the
owners to keep on the same rolnd Of farming. The
system of email Enclosures added greatly to the o.
perse, and small pastures, overstocked became dry
al almost worthless, while the n-crops without ms
pure were not profitable. We found upon some ofthsse
farms, where mixed husbsudry hal been the rule, Al
the interior fences broken a, 10 give free range TO
herd Of fat bulocks, that were feeding whore tasy
pleased upon pasture that would afford in many places
good swath to the mower, actually better than sons
of the moving fields upon adjoining farms, and The
whole sffording the owner . greater proht WIN
out much labor, than tho same land ever did TO the
man who toiled with pillow and hoe among the stoaes,
or It inclosng his little fields with rail fence or ct no
walls. The truth u.s. that tract after trsct has bssn
converted into fst pasture and such land anywhere
within hundred miles Of New-York is and viii b a9
WAYS profitable either for milk diaries, or grazing
Western bullocks, or making mutton. Now, the only
question We will at present discuss ID, how 10 convert
these reproductive hil-sdes into fat pastures such
a. Mr. Beden can show as proof positive that the thing
can be done and done with profit. II you doubt t. 90
and zee what 10 has DONE and SAX him how he did It.
lie has but one answer, and it Is very short;
"Psster."
"What! nothing else p
Nothing but platter
You do not stock your land very hssvny"
"No, you must not graze your land bare. Give
plaster and grus viii grow. Let fair portion OF that
remain on the ground and more M grow. Givsn
more plaster, and 20 on don't know how long g
any rate you see what Il bn done for noe. Ic'a'dat
do without platter"
How much to the acre"
"wen, put it on little stronger than most folks;
cay shout tun TO fifteen sores"
"what time Of Year,
"Weu there differ again from others. Everybody
said, SOW plaster in the Spring; bat found tAAe !
could haul 1t bstter-for ii 10 pretty heavy stun 70 81
up to my upper farm whsa the r0sds are eaA-n tss
FAN, and don't zee Is II makes any difference. 1hs
land too 10 firm and don't cut up With thewsgoo-whss
in the Fan as il does in the Spring, and 60 hsd rafhsr
cow platter in the Fall. guess il don't MAKE moco
odds; the main thing it TO got ii 90 Ct sSy rata
Now al We have got to say is, that II this Mr. Bal
den and his brother David L., who have IN sqSA
quantity of land treated in the same way, can shxd
buy won.ou. farms and tress them In this way, the
owrers cannot afford to sell them they had better buy
plaster and make pasture for themselves.
Br1rrR SrocK William .. Lincoln Of Worcester,
Mac produced from one COW, Owned BY him, In ne
Spring Of 1852 Is lbs of butter week and cows saat
produce Is or lG lbs week 1T ueconmoe n tnss