Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-03-18
cows
From the N. 7. Tribune


New HAVEN, Feb. q, 1860.
by George! you should have got here earlier;
this Is one of the best lectures of the course" was
the whispered greeting that got from a neighbor,
on entering the Temple, little after Mr.. Charles
/. Flint had commenced his lecture on Mich Cows,
this morning 1t was a capital discourse without
doubt, and contained much information Of practical
value.
Mr. Flint called attention to the fact that the dairy
Qualities of our stock are artificial and mainly the
result Of care and breeding The COW in her wild
state gives only enough milk to nourish her OFT
spring Cor short period, and then goes dry for the
rest Of the year The prime object of the farmer is
10 develop and improve her milking qualities and
hence he should select his cows with reference to
the amount of food he has for them Large ami
mails require rich and luxuriant pastures. or they
loose their fair proportions AID deteriorate a
stlnted nOurishment. The objects OF the dalryman
should be kept IN view in selecting his COWS, The
animal most profitable for milk dairy may be very
Improbable for butter or cheese dairy. The first
cattle imported into New England arrived at Ply
mouth in 1924 and they described as Of varle-
~ Of colors. These, with the importation oil capt
John Mason, from Denmark into New hampshire,
in 1914 land the foundation of the native stock OF
New England and this stock must be regarded As
exceedingly valuable foundation for improve
ment winch may be effected either by careful and
JudicOus selections or bv crossing with foreign and
already highly improved breeds
Grades are often more valuable for practical pul-
poses on the farm than pure breeds In breeding II
is important TO have specific object in view as Tor
beef, mink, or labor-the complete union OF these
quahues being, 10 a considerable extent, ulprSctl-
cable. Great mixers are rarely very beautiful AMI
mails. They seldom have the Nyell-rounded forms Of
fattening animals, but often coarser looking and
more angular. In breeding to produce large milk
crs, 1t is especially important TO select males that
come from great milking cows since the dairy quail
ties are transmitted more surely through the male
offspring The most celebrated dairy breeds are the
Swiss the Dutch. the Jersey and the Avrshires.
The Jerseys give the richest milk and the AYR
shires the largest quantity, in proD0riou 10 food
consumed and their size and are very valuable as
q means Of improving our common or grade stock
But whatever breed Is selected, success will mainly
depeud on the care and management and cspec;aIly
on she food Very little milk comes ont of the ba,y
that is not first put into the throat It is poor econ
ony to overstock the farm. Is too often the case:
the cows cows come out Of the stall in Spring in no
condition for the profitable production Of milk. The
COW should be regarded as an instrument of trans
formation: machine for the manufacture of milk.
The food is the raw material, milk the product
saleabe and always IN demand. The machine is the
capital invested, costing nearly as much as when
running on full steam How absurd, therefore, how
unbusnesshke, for the farmer to sacken up the
supply Of raw material. or by neglect exposure o
otherwise, 70 suffer the machine To get out Of order
orr yield product far below its natural capacity
Regularity Of feeding is next in Importance to a
full supply Of nutritious food, and cows thrive bet
ter on good and regular system than on larger
amount led at irregular intervals.
Cows in milk ought not to be exposed 10 cold il
winter. They ought not 10 be even turned out u
water in extreme cold days. and they viii be sur,
10 fall of lnmik if they are. The loss from neg
lect of this precaution is often greater than farmers
are aware Of The cow shoCld be kept in a SCUM
and healthy condition by JudiciOus feeding and eX
ercIse, but exposure IN extreme cold weather j
never advisable. Moista and succulent fcodin increase