Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-01-10
Farmers Department.
FEEDING COWS IN THE WINTER

FEEDING COWS IN THE WINTER
For winter feed for cows that give
milk, have never tried anything that
gave better satisfaction than good bright
c,rn fodder and carrots. With these,
and an occasional mess Of cabbage, say
two or three times week, we have made
as good butter as ever saw, both as re-
CARDS color and flavor and keeping quail.
tics. We have more than once kept but
tei--made from COWS fed in this way in
December--until the nexl June, and had
il as sweet and good as when first made
And to my mind better, as believe that
well made butter that keeps we'll, will in
two or three months, acquire a certain
ripeness. or rich nutty flavor, that makes
il superior to any new butter. We sci
dom lay down any butter for winter until
Dec. as we are sure of making good but
ter then, and plenty fit. This is ano-
ther object in feeding well, and such kind
of feed as are well calculated to make
cows give plenty of rich milk BY so
doing we are now (abont the middle of
january making from theee to four
pounds of butter a week, from cows com
ing in in the spring, while most OF our
neighbor's cows, that don't have any
extra feed, are now dry, or nearly so.
Besides the kinds OF feed already alieud.
ed to, there are many others, as the diff
erent kinds of roots--also of grain and of
bran. OF the latter, have found that
made from buckwheat, decidedly the
best, making more and better butter.-
Wheat bran increases the amout of milk,
but seldom makes butter of first quality;
but will do better with the additiont of
little Indian me !. II feeding clear grain,
prefer corn and oats, mixed in the pro-
portion of two bushels Of the latter to
one of the former, aud ground. But
consider this pretty strong feed, unless
mixed with wheat bran or shorts, or fed
in connection with roots, such as fiat
turnips, mangled wurtzele, &c.
In feeding beets and turnips to cows,
] have found it very good way to mix
them together. As for instance, if have
mangolds or ruta bagas, or swede turnips,
have mixed and fed them together with
very satisfactory resulte; at least as far
as amount of milk is considered. But /
have found that the butter made from
such feed, is not quite equal to that made
when feeding carrots, though both are
fed with the same kind of corn fodder,
and with the same amount Of caddages.
But when fed in this way, have never
found any taste of turnip in the milk or
butter. have never made any expert.
mnnts in feeding parsnips, but intend 10
try them in the spring. Winter set in a
little too soon to allow rs to gather any
in the fall for that purpose. Iraised a
fine little patch of | think sixty or seven
ty bushels.
But as there is nothing, according to
my experience, equal to carrots to feed
with corn fodder, to make good butter in
the winter, so | think there is nothing
equal to good corn fodder to feed 9Th
carrots, for the same purpose. BY good
corn fodder, mean sucn as was cut up
4 before the corn was dead ripe, or had
been inju ed by the frost, and saved
without damage, retaining its bright
green color. Next TO this prefer hay
made from a mixture Of timothy and clo-
yer, and June, and wire grass, cut green
and cured in the cock, as coming as near
TO fresh pasture grass, as perhaps any
thing in the shape OF dry fodder. Bu
this, though better to make cows as well
as other stock take on flesh, have not
found quite as good as corn fodder to
make cows give milk or make good but
ter.
Ofcourse cows to do well in the win.
ter, must have a good warm stable, and
be well bedded, and taken care of.
The Country Gentleman.
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