, 1861-01-10
AgficuIiur@
Dairying and Stock.

"a mixed husbandry' has always beer
found most successful and profitable, be-
cause it is In some sense selEsustaining, and
also that ell branches seldom fail alike or at
the sams time, always leaving the farmer
one or more good crops or products to de-
pend upon. GrassgrOwing and stock.feed:
ing, TO some extent, must be combined
with grain-raising In order TO keep up the
fertility Of the soil for the latter purpose
the production of grain being an exhaustiug
process, while ock-grOwing and dairying
furnish means for constantly improving the
col. Wool-gIoWing has paid we'll on grain
farms, especially under attentive management,
and it will be found that careful and thor.
ough farmers receive by far the greatest pro-
hE from their stOck-COws, sheep, beef cat
lie, swine and horses.
Our presen' purpose, however, is TO offer
Few hints on dairying on grain farms as Q
business, and, - compared with other farms
Of stock,Rrowing, and also to offer word Of
osution. Il must mainly be confined 10 the
production Of butter, because few farms are
large enough TO allow the keeping Of Q suifi.
eieat number Of cows land at the same time
keep mors orlesS sheep, horses, and swine,
and raise grain) 10 produce cheese very pro-
Iitably. We sec that this Is tho case in
Wesson New York, from the comparative
prices Of the two products, cheese being
much more profitable than butter, though
the latter is now In improved demand. But
ter can be made from any number Of cows,
but cheese dairy would be . small affair
with less than fifteen or twenty cows, and
would pay much better with twice that num-
Der.
We are inclined to think that every far.
msr who keeps COWS, on gIain farm, should
not stock his pastures entirely with them,
but keep besides sheep, In favorable local.
ties. also Few steers or beef cattle. And
this for two reasons; first that they require
far less labor in their care, and the same feed
viii keep them in good growing order, and
constantly increasing in value. In the sec
ond pIace, our pastures depend largely upon
the ssason--if favorable for grass, we have
. large snpply-if unfayorable from drouth
or ifost. We fnd cows getting very poor, the
produci Of milk small, and the number Of
animals entirely disproportioned to the food
We can furnish. We have q remedy for this
% some extent in growing green crops for
soillng, or in sellingof portion Of the herd,
but af such times the green crop does not
grow very luxuriantly, the cows are very
dull of sale; every one has more than be
knows what 10 do with. But young stock
could Be sold more -eadily, very readily II
fir1l faiiensd on grain, and We could thus
without loss reduce The stock % accord with
he products Of the paslnres Some years
ago, and IN a very different grass season
from 10 present this subject was brought
70 our attention, BY the suggestion that
more stock was the greet want Of the
whoat,rrowing region Of the State. WerS
marked that mnrc stock required more pa
lnre. g we'll a. more hay and grain. It
ned. nice calculation 70 balance the one
70 he other three, and especially when .
dry summer lolloWs vet one, and farm Pos.
furos which he frit year would carry six
ouu1 and 1ny sheep, will barely yield half
The mum 'or . scanty living the succeeding
ven. nld meadous produce IN like proper.
fion. There is an essential difference Il
pr0ft of feeding swine when grain Is scarce
and 1i1h, and uhcn Il 4 scarce and low, and
% Of making beef or mutton. Il may be
better % se1 grain than 70 feed i out or at
lnnst % figure up 90. A difference Of ten
cents IN re pound, on wool, ls often differ.
cncs Of profit Or loss IN sheep, especially
uhun one finds his farm ovrrstockcd with
than. g seems very likely 70 be the @
with mlnr farmers next season. A months
extension u winter weather and the season
q Io1dsrine. tnrnt he scales heavily against
naore stock when one has hay TO bay,
While tie oar1all may not BE- injured in pro.
1nclironrrl By he laieness Of the season.
Psrhnps tkIs word Of caution Is now
nsaiod We have had . remarkably pro
drcIlra grain, grass. royiss ffuit--
lho c,rlh hilly groans nnder lis burden.
We could Ted large increase uf stock, and
grow more grain than eref, Il sure Of such
seasons regularly hereaheF. But We are
not % Itl = b moderate Ia our ansicipa-
ions and preparation, for rapid money max.
ne. and take care q he present gifts a
h61nlrons Proridense has alfoady bestowed
nDon ~. Il vii noi Do 70 oVeF-crop them
Lone oonlso i IS ruinou1 - the other TO
he l.rnsf'S advancemeut II he stock By
every hrmrr is thoroughly well wintered,
IL value. next spring. will BE- nearly dou1lo
fhnn uh1f L uonld ho under The usual man
nra|n.nt tako lhs country Together. Here
isarr.nl chancs for profit and . good use
of or plentiful produces, and this seems TO
b Re point or moral u our article. Make
iho best Of what you have, and eschew spec.
ulaliol and oovelousnesa.
On Prof Naps5's farm is an orchard Of
ihreo tkoinand pear trees. which bear abun-
danily. Ihs manngsr claims that The sue
cor1 q ~ pear l. 4 he mode Of eultiva-