Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-10
ANrirnltnral.

The HEALTH AND ILLNESS OF Cows.-Good
health in domestic animals is always mat
ter of primary Importance.
AS bad health in parents transmits tend
ency to disease in the offspring, it is import
ant that every kind of animal we desire to
continue on our farms should be kept vigor-
Gus and healthy. ...-.
As domestic animals are q source ofhuman
food, it is q matter of great importance to
preserve them in healthy condition. Dis
eased meat carries its qualities into the
stomach of its consumers. 1t is aserious
objection which vegetarians urge against
the use of animal food, that the artificial
circumstances in which animals live, and the
bad treatment which they receive, renders
them unhealthy.
As an unhealthy animal can not consume
food to as good advantage as a well one, it is
again economical to avoid disease.
As comparative misery and discomfort
accompany disease, it is humane as well as
- economical to see to it that the animals under
our care enjoy, as far as possible, their crea-
ture comforts.
Each of these circumstances is a sufficient
reason for guarding with scrupulous care
the health of the animals we feed; but when
we derive milk from animals, it is doubly
important that they are kept free from every
Objectionable taint. A sickly COW not only
yields diminished profit, but she yields
sickly milk, and sickly in higher degree
. than her flesh.
If COW eats any thing that has strong
or disagreeable odor, it appears in her milk.
If she eats any thing medicinal, it comes
out in her milk.
If she is feverish, her milk shows it.
If she has sores about her, pus may be
found in her milk.
If she is fed upon decayed or diseased food,
her milk, since it is derived from her food,
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make coed milk from bad food, as to make q
good building from rotten timber.
If there is any thing wrong about her, it
will appear in the milk, as that is an effect
i've source of casting filth from her organ
ism.
These facts should at all times be we'll i'm
pressed upon the minds of dairymen, but
more especially at this season of the year.
Closely confined in their narrow stalls
through the long winter, where the air is
not always fresh and pure, nor water and
exercise always had when desired, nor their
food always free from foul medicinal weeds
as thistles, daisies, white top, &C., cows are
very likely to vary from perfectly healthy
condition spring cheese will be faulty
enough, to do the best we CAM that every
dairyman knows. The health of the cows
should not, at any rate, be allowed to become
cause of deterioration. Green food shoult
now, if it has not been before, alternated a!
often as possible with the dry; for this pur
pose, beets, carrots, turnips, potatoes, cab
bages parsnips, and apples are valuable.
Ventilation and watering should be
promptly attended to, and salt and meal
made by pulverizing burned bones should be
kept where daily access can be had to them,
if desired, nor should their strength and
flesh be allowed to fail for the want of a
sufficiently nutritious diet. The best fla
vored butter and cheese can not be made from
cows that are badly fed, or ailing, or poor.
Little Dairy Farmer.