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

| boGI- r,n,Ially 40 g, n tLe afternoon and IN
the morn ng; NV rmeEt 5. ear, the after
| noon and .a.er u :he moT :rs Car. e taken 20 OBJ
serve srea. puue. sl.y a. % time OF milking,
for the an mss give much less trouble
and thrive better. M. Brook chafs his
hay, sleeps I. IN warm water 10 soften II, anu
sprinkles the meal over i, mixing It thoroughly.
Throughout The day much long hay Is TED as the
cows VII eat The feed is mixed in lorg box, snapped
Ike sn ordinary ba.h-;ub, which runs on small iron
truck wheels, a. either ED snt two at tne sids
half way be;veer. THIS .s 4 very convenient method
for carrying the whole along the passage between
the stalls, and wiki wooden scoop giving TO each
cow her share a. her stall ispassej. The water to
steep The lay Is heated in caudron in small out
building anu conducted 10 the constable through =
small tin pipe.
Mr.. Seeey {. Roe, h'sr Chester, large dairyman
and an intelligent farmer, thinks that hall eover-hay
well made and hall grain, !s better for milk production
than twice a. much timothy with grain. lie does not
cut and steep NJ hay, but dampenS II with cold water,
ard add: meal as usual He finds ii excellent plan
to feed buckwhea; whole, AMI prepares it by boiling
the grain with the hull- on and when il has become
thoroughly soaked pu. Il into the fecd-box at the rate
Of two quarts eac He adds to this two quarts
o. dry meal, and the hea. and steam OF the cooked
buckwheat cooks the mes. -Four quarts of this mix
ture are allowed TO each cow, two in the morning and
two at night and the animals kept on this feed
until turned ont 70 grass.
Mr. Gregory practice j. still different. He has al
eghthorse-power engine for cutting hay, threshing,
grinding etc., and the waste steam for steaming
his bay. He has constructed large chamber, capa'
bic of holding one hundred bushels Of cut hay, which
before being steamed il, of course, dampencd The
steampipe from the engine empties into the chamber,
and the hay steamed for about quarter of an hour
and then fed 10 the stock unmyed with meal that is
given in the form OF a warm mash.
sOwED OR KILLED CORN FOR FODDER
There are conflicting opinions as to whether ii is
best To sow corn broadca> drills for green fodder
or TO plant il in hills. The advocates for the hilng
systm say: lst. That if plant in hills at three feet
apart there i. more nutriment in the stalk u. Ears
will be developed on each stalk and they give much
larger and more faening feed than the stalk itself ID
If the aftermath well, and the pastures are
good enough 10 make il unnecessaryto have recourse
to the forage crop the corn may be suffered TO
mature, and a crop can be secured lth. That sowed
corn is difficult TO cure and is not really valuable
when dried and 9TH That four quarts of seed will
plant an acre in hills but it requires two bushels to
drill or
On the other nbld, the llenus Vi SOWING vi uiiihs
claim that when plants are crowded together in rows
the stalks are not so scious on the outside,
and are consequently more dgestible than
when in hills; that there viii be vastly more leaves
that hed cornstaks are not fit for cattle after Sept
/; that il is easy TO cure corn-odder as heavy
bxrden of clover and that the fodder, if properly
cured, is excellent winter forage We must confess
our preference for drilling, but, at the same time,
%. uha land yaryy yauabe IL
might be advantageous to save a crop OF corn
Even then, however, it might be urged that the
smaller the farm the greater the necessity for soilinS;
and that the heavy burden of welcured fodder that
would be got from an acre OF drilled corn would be
worth vastly more in Winter than would the extra
product that might be saved from hilled corn.
From the lst of April TO the lst OF February
there is gradual increase in the quantity of
milk produced during the month of March it is
stationary it increases in April warmer and pleas
anter weather comes on; and thenceiorward the
quantity keeps exact pace with the growth OF grass
and the advance of the season, until the maximum ls
attained in the first week of July. The point once
turned goes down. by slow degrees at fret but with
greater rapdity as the Fall months approach. On
the last day of August the daily shipment OF milk IS
generally 1000 gallons les than the 3lst of July;
on the 3th of September 5000 less than at the end of
August snd the 3lst of October further loss OF
1000 gallons is experienced. So much for the change
Of seasons. The difference is shown in the daily
receipts of the same month"; as for instance in July
and June there will be found, by reference to the sta
tstical tables which propose to give in sub
sequeut article, receipts on two different days the
one exceeding the other by 1000 gallons and in other
months when smaller aggregate is sent to the city,
the difference will be great in proportion.
As the animals fed and housed through the Sum-
mer months exactly alike, and throughout the Win
ter, when stabbed receive the same treatment every
day we may fairly suppose that these fluctuations are
in some measure due to the prevalence Of cold or
stormy weather, or perhaps TO local causes, which
however trivial they may seem to the individual
farmer are here shown to have al important influence
on the daily aggregate export
ITO be- continued