The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-05-18
From the Boston Recnrdar.


MY cow, AND MY NEIGHBoRs' cows
now WE TREAT THEN, AND HOW THEY TREAT Us
4 MEssR.. EDIrons:-- have one COW tha
was brought up on dairy farm; she is per
fectly gentle and manageable in all respects
never kicks nor hooks, nor exhibits any yici.
Gus temper. Yet if during the process q
milking, she moves foot, and happens IL
touch the pail, she starts and cringes, eyi.
IDENTIFY expecting blow. II is plain that al
some time she has been badly used. know
a man who has considerable number ol
cows, which yield him good profits, lie
!. milks some Of them himself, and he is ac.
customed. on rather slight occasions, to beat
them violently over the back and ribs with
the milking. stool. Sometimes he kicks them
with heavy boot. in the region OF the milk
veins, and has found blood 10 his pail, with
The milk, in consequence. He ought to
Know that such treatment will spoil the gem
tlest COW, and that persevering, kind and
gentle treatment will subdue the most refrac.
tory. Moreover, he ought to be humane,
for he processes to be Christian.
My COW has all the marks of 4 very fine
mixer, according to Guenon. Yet. having
dropped her calf two months ago. she gives
only eight quarts day. OF this, however.
between fiye and six quarts are from two
teats, and less than three at the other two.
Here. again, she has been mis.used, other.
wise she would give all around alike, and The
total quantity would be eleven to twelve
quarts day. One Of my neighbors, who
has very profitable dairy. and has had large
experience. lets his cows run dry four months,
and insists that il is not at all too long.
Another neighbor Of mime. thrifty farmer,
who has kept cows all his days, saws that
three months are quite sufficient, but none
Too much, exactly right, that is. Still an
other. living within three miles Of him, con.
siders that for all purposes whatever, two
months are ample, and none of his cows re.
main dry longer than that. But have moi
yet finished the list. called recently IN
farmer in the same neighborh0od, all whose
dairy stock is of very superior quality. A.
mong the rest, was particularly homeIy
looking Alderney which was giving two
quarts of very rich milk, within one month
Of calf. Almost equally diverse are the
opinions and practices. as respects feeding,
watering. housing, treatment Of diseases, and
everything belonging to the management Of
dairy stock.
The conclusion Is. that alter all the i'm.
prorement in this branch Of agriculture,
during the last twenty five years, there is
room for further progress. The proper man.
agenent OF cows is as much a science as the
healing art, and only 20 be ascertained by
careful experiment. How many Of the far. |
mers Of Massachusetts have ever taken the
pains 10 ascertain what is actually the most
profitable way Of managing dairy stock . It.
has been asserted. on what NAV be consider. |
ed good authority, that "the average Weld /
Of milk throughout the State, will not e1.
ceed four quarts per day for each COW,
through the year. while tie very same stock 1
may be made to yield six quarts. and that,
too, without any additional consumption or
cost Of feed, but simply by judicious and
careful treatment" Every farmer can find
nut something about this Tor himself, If in.
stead Of continuing TO pursue a certain
course, because he has never pursued any
Dther he will put the matter to the test Of
experiment..
There exists very extensive prejudice
lgainst the adoption of improved methods
in this department. from the fact that gen. \
Ilemen retiring from business in the city.
and taking in hand TO be farmers, have built /
expensive barns, and have had all things in
,pple-pie order. gooming and bedding their
rows. and have not always made Il pay
But any number Of such failures would fail h
70 prove that il would not be highly proiita.
Die FOR experienced farmers to give their
lows warm barn. TO card them every dsy, /,
Ind 10 supply them with coarse, Lrs bedding
4 night. he thing which is greatly need. Il
ID in this, as in every other department Of ,
agriculture. isa series Of patient and careful
experiments by our practical farmers, men /,
sho get living By farming. Such expert.
nents would be Of great value, and would |
lead TO something approx.
mating uniformity in the management Of /
larry stock. Such experiments richly repay {
II the trouble, By the qualification they 4
field ! they promote intelligence. aud il may !
,e confidently affirmed that. in no small de-. 4
Tree. they would lead TO increased valuation
n barn, premises and stock, and larger i'm. 4
Mediate profits. to say nothing sf the greater /
comfort Of the cows. and the higher gra,ih 4
alton Of the farmer. Il
large amount OF deeply interesting and I
ialuable information, related 10 this whole 4
ubjeet, is embodied in handsome volume, 1
ately published by Williams & Co, ofli
Street, entitled, Mich Cows Q
nd Dairy Farming" edited by Charles 4. a
lint, Secretary Of the Massachusetts, State d
,oard Of Agriculture. 4
Everything pertaining 70 the management Il
{ dairy stock, 10 treated in this volume with s
nuch fullnes. The various breeds are par. d
ieulstly described. Guenons methods Of D