New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-24

Cutting h,y-sO -
Nili can, 80
Wear and tear Of 50
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RECEIPTS.
Milt........................".. 81
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60 Oo-sSSSS 80
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Thus this farmer, owning his own land, gets interest
at seven per cent on lis value of $lOO per acre, aud
net profit of 49, surplus. But from this should be de-
duced the interest the value OF hiS cows, and their
annual depreciation. This does not look as if very
rapid fortunes could be accumulated in milk farming;
but on the other hand it may be said that the farmer
has comfortable home and that his profits, If small,
are much more certain than those OF man having the
same money invested in mercantile business.
MANAGEMENT OF MANURE.
The Weld of hay will only average one tun TO the
acre which NAV be accounted for from the fact that
no specal uanures are used in the county, and that,
with very few exceptions, about two-thrds of the
barn.yard manure ia wasted by suffering the cows to
range over a large area and exposing what manure
is made in the stables to the full action of drenchng
rains. and sun and winds, by throwing it into the
wards and leaving Il uncovered.
Use AND CULTIVATION OF ROOTS.
Tnrnips have been raised to limited extent; but
the farmers think they cannot raise them at such cost
as will warrant feeding them in preference to grain or
other dry feed. Turnips cause a large How OF MIX
but it is thin and watery, and will generally have
peculiar taste that renders ii less salable. Mr.
Brooks thinks that carrots are perhaps better Tor
butter production than other kinds OF food, as they
make the milk very rich and in Winter impar fine
golden color to the butter, but that the qantity of
l. We
mend the practice of using parsnps which are said to
give both quality and quantity of milk Our own OBJ
seryaton of root crops have made look very favor
ably upon their CIVILIZATIONS; we have found that they
could be produced at cost not to exceed six cents per
bu,hel. Mr. Thorne, the great short-horn breeder,
raises several thousand bushels annually for his stock
and at no more expense than is stated above. good
plan ofcuiv alton is to pow aud crosspow; plow the
land in thorough manner, pass heavy roller over
il 10 crush clods throw up ridges with cornpow at
say two feet six inches apart, rake the tops smooth
and plant the seed with drill barrow. Assoon as the
weeds ge. to be half an inch high, run one horse
sub.soil pow midway between the rows, to loosen up
the soil thoroughly and then with Knoxs root clean.
er or horsehoe extirpate the weeds. The only hand
boepg necessary will be in the to thin ont plants
When the crop is ready TO be dug run large sub.
roots will be so loose that they be pulled up with
the greatest ease, and thrown into heaps, whence
,b.y are cared directly to the pit made for them on
the driest part Of the field, and there topped and
buried. Let some one in Orange County try this
plan and We warrant they will have better opinion
OF root cultivation than they have had heretofore.
sOIIING-wINTER FEED.
Soilng as most of our readers know, is term
sppied to the practice of confning animals to the
stable and growing large crop, such "a sowed corn,
sorgho, green rye oats, clover &c, which Is cut
I'D as needed and carried 20 the animals instead OF
allowing them to have the rangeof the pastures The
practice is much in vogue in France, Belgium,
Flsuders and 10 some extent in Great Britain; and
Las been found that by this system Of management
snaI farm may be made to lstsin many animals as
in the ordinary way would one Of many times the size
The dsiTymen OF Orange County have not tried this
plan 10 any extent, bat we lind that they are willing
70 acknowledge it to have It's merits. Mr. Philo
Gregory Of Che<ttr sowed a patch OF half al acre
with corn for fodder, making the rows Thirty inches
spsl With the product ne tePt fNeAty:tre coTs J0r
.r -e.ks without other food, informed. Il
lie had planted two in the same way the TWEEN
ty.fye animals might have been kept for -iI months
hereas, they had been out TO pasture they would
taye used st least sixty acres. BY keeping them IN
& comfortable barn and ssyng all their manure IN
good cellar, their health was better aud the quantity
Of manure three times large as it would have been
if they had roaned over the farm.
Beside the oice clean hay that s giver to the cows
in Winter IN such quantity a they need, they have
daily rstions Ct grain fecd whi,h keep them in fine
condition, and often nsintain their How OF mix
throughout tie season. The feed varies with ini,
,iduAl farmers, tome preferrng one kind, others
aro,her. Mr {. Elwarl BIooks, one Of the best
da,ymen il the county. claim. that rye nake' more
Ii x than corn or osts or other meal. bFc"er'
grain. were formerly bought 50 s' to eo-l FIX cents
delivered a. the farm, but now at one shining theF
are not 20 profitable a. r,e feed Al 'x sailings per
Lu,hel. Oats he e.teens the poorest Kind ~ gram
for mix He think that 10y curry cow am keep
ing her and her ,;abc serupulously clean ne WIN
give Lcr iuu quantity Of milk on hall the ieed re-
quiled If she i. neglected, Ills daily allowance 70
| each cow Is five pounds Of meal, either corn corn
aud oats, or huekwhesi or wheat bran' changing the
hind frequently, for practice approves what theory
teaches that animals thrive best on frequent ehsne
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