The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-13

nave q WORD 10 say 10 you. when We
were of yoHr age, we always had to drive
! the cows to pasture. and bring them too.
Sometime we got little late, or were anx-
ious to get off to play, or COW found .
good, sweet bit of grass, better than she had
found all day in the pasture and would stop
to get bite, and fall behind the rest. That
was provoking, and we were apt to give her
pretty severe lesson. In fact, we were
guilty Of hurryng her up on many occa-
sions. II was wrong, but we little knew
how much injury were inficting ON our
selves, as well as the cows
Now, 1t is perfectly well known that over
driving causes the milk to be heated and
feverish, especially in hot weather. and this
milk is not healthful article Of food, ei-
Their as milk, or when made into butter or
cheese. Cows that are abused, kicked or
badly treated, cannot give good milk, and
no process of manufacture can make into
so good an article Of diet as milk that is not
injured by such treatment.
Never let the dogs chase the cows A
worriment Of this kind not only lessons the
quantity but the quality of the milk, and it
should be carefully avoided. Dogs are gen
orally a curse among herd Of cattle, and
particularly 50 among mich cows, unless
they are trained to drive and ten l them as
few OF our dogs are .-Plowmdn.
The WAY They MAKE BUTTER IN FRANCE.
1t is we'll know that cream may be con-
verified into butter by simply being buried
in the ground, but it is not generally known
than this method is in common use in Nor
mandy, and some other parts Of France.
Ths method is as follows: The cream is
placed in linen bag of moderate thickness
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hole in the ground about fost and half
deep; it is then covered up, and left for
twenty-four or twenty five hours. When
taken out, the cream is very hard and only
requires beating short time with . wooden
malet, after which half glass Of water is
thrown upon it, which causes the butter to
separate from the buttermilk. If the guam
tity of cream intended to be converted into
butter is large, it is left more than twenty
five hours in the ground. In winter, when
the ground is frozen, the operation is per-
formed in a cellar, the bag being well COW
cred up with sand. Some persons place the
bag containing the cream within q second
bag, in order to prevent the chance Of any
faint from the earth. This system saves
labor, and is stated to produce larger
amount than by churning, and of excellent
quality, and is, moreover, said never to fail.
Journal Society Of Arts.
FIELD housekeeping the ground and
sowing the seed will occupy portion of
the farmers time during this month. You
must not expect to reap good crop if you
SOW the grain on land poorly plowsd, and
the surface left a mass Of clods. Farmers
who raise much grain, will find the grain
drill profitable part oftheir farm machine
~. The smoother the wheat can be sown,
after the ground is in good condition, the
better it will be. Manure may be applied
either before or after blowing the land.
Farmers cannot afford to let any of this be
wasted. Many varieties of weeds will ripen
their seeds this month, if left undisturbed.
This should be prevented by cutting them
as soon as they are large enough. In this
way, they may he destroyed.
See that the fields are so drained that no
water will stand on them The question is
worth considering. whether judicious sys-
tenn Of undertaking will not we'll repay its
cost on your farm. II you decide that it
will, this month will be found good time
for the work.
Pick up all loose sticks and stones that
are on the meadow, so that there may be no
Instructions to the mowers next year Keep
stock of all kinds off the meadows till the
grass has attained good growth.
A Cow NURSING YouNG PIGs.-We learn
from the Cdledonidn Mercury that q rather
interesting case Of motherly affection has
been seen for some time at the home farm at
Balgowan. near Methven, Perthshirc.
COW which had lost her calf, took fancy to
litter of pigs about two months old, and
they in turn became attached to her. For
number of weeks she nursed them tenderly.
But as the adopted family consisted Of seven
members. and the COW had only four teats,
the harmony which had existed for time
began to break up, and 80 qnarrelsome did
the hitherto happy family become, that the
COW had to be removed from her charge.
She has now been put to nurse . calf but
seems quite dissatisfied with her new charge.
She often leaves the calf in the field, and
sets out in search Of her former family. from
which her affections do not seem to have
been withdrawn.
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