Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-01-09
Farm ann @arhsn.
: Winter care Of Cows.

cow, and neither the horse or the
sheep can boast SO firm a place In the
regard of large proportion of our
citizens. To how many thousand
families throughout the length and
breadth of the land does she farn-
ish one Of the most important ar
ticles of their daily food? To
how many is she an object Of pc
culiar regard and attachment
Some may laugh at the affection
with which others regard the Sc
date and gentle cow, and attempt
to ridicule those who gladly meet
her with kind word or soothing
stroke of the hand, but with such
we have no sympathy. They are
wanting IN a kindly feeling and
have no just idea of her useful
ness and Importance, and we wish
the cow might be so fortunate as
to escape servitude to such per
sons.
To most persons who keep but
a single COW, she is valuable chief
ly on accounted her milk, and she
should be SO managed and fed as
to secure from her the largest
quantity.
Warm shelter is of the utmost I'M
portance in the management OF
COWS, and without this the most
lavish abundance of the best food
will fail to obtain the desired re.
suit. The more evenly that natu.
raj heat is kept up, the greater
will be the flow of milk, and the
less the food will be required.
Cows should be watered at least
three times per day, and it is bet
ter to have a small trough contain.
ing a supply of fresh water con.
stantly before them. If the
weather is cold and windy, do not
take the COW from the stable to
water, but give her water in a
bucket. When the weather is
pleasant it is better to turn her in
to a sheltered yard for a few hours
in the middle of the day, that she
may take exercise and enjoy the
outdoor air. While she is in the
yard the stable should be thorough
ly cleaned and aired.
The food should consist Of hay
of the best quality given regular
ly three times day, with at least
two feeds per day of some kind of
grain or roots. 4 variety of food
is, to a certain extent, desira-
BILE. 1t is the custom of some of
the best dairy-men to give one
feed of roots, and one feed of oil
cake or some kind of grain daily.
Various opinions are entertained
as to the relative value of the va
rious kinds of roots which are fed
to mich COWS. 1t is not our pur-
pose to discuss the question, nor
shall we assert preference fol
any particular variety. The roots
most generally used are carrots.
beets, parsnips, mangold wurzel,
turnips, potatoes, &c. When either
carrots, turnips, or parsnips form
part of the winter stock of roots,
and the mangold wurzel or sugar
beets are also used, the former
should be first, as the latter keep
much better, and indeed improve
by storing them for a few months.
Many persons who keep but a
single COW can with care and econ
omy Especially if they have a
large family save enough from
the refuse of the table and kitchen,
sufficient, with good hay, to keep
a cow in good condition; and we
know several shrewd managers
of household affairs who think the
"slops" yield a much larger return
when fed to a good COW than when
fed to hog. al n
Grinding Feed.-s'H a machine
was invented to grind hay" says
the London Farmers Magazine,
'the ground article would approx
innate in value to unground oats in
producing fat and muscle" Chop
ping hay and stalks is theproeesst