Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-01-09

WINTER MANAGEMENT OF Cows. w hen COWS
come in" during the first psrt of March,
some little rest through the winter IS needed to
gain strength and brace up the system fcr the
summers work Eight ten weeks in the usu-
al manner 10 which mich cows are managed, is
little time enough for the purposes indicated
With tbs hgh prices of dairy stock, and the diff
Guilty of obtaining deep mixers, it poor
economy TO shorten the lie and services OF good
COW by overtaxing her strength
The impression Is gaming ground among ex-
perienced dairymen that it Is not profitable, or
even desirable to have cows 'in mix" during
the extreme cold weather. They claim that ii
the whole nerd could b= mana ged that the an
finals come 10 milk az any time during April, and
then dried up by the last Of December, the guar
tity of milk yielded would be qui.e as large and
perhaps larger than by the old management of
commencing IL February aud March, and finish
ing up in January. Experiments have been
made, showing that rhe opinion well founded.
IL Is useless 10 think Q; milking cows in cold
weather without extra food, and unless prices for
dairy produce are extremely EigH, and grain OF
the other hand comparatively low, the extra food
required TO keep The animal n thriving cJndi-
ton will cost nearly enough TO balance the profits
realized IN milk. But even if there be an mme-
date gain, the loss from permanent il jury TO
stock, II is believed, Is not generally made up. If
II Is Designed TO have cows IN mix durIog cold
weather, whether IN spring early winter, il Is
evident warm, dry, welL-ventilated stables are
demanded, together with extra care and atteu-
ton TO stock.
A growing evil among the herds all through
the dairy region IS, that more or less COWS are
continually having some trouble with the uGdeT,
losing the use OF some portion OF the bag. Oae
hardly go mo 4i.rd OF any considerable size
without hading lot Of cows tnat have lost the
use OF one or Two OF their teats. All these the
farmer Wi! tell you we're MS best milking stock.
which, ffOm some unaccOuntabe reason, have
been unfortunate IN the respect named lie will
tell you Ii is very great loss, and that there Is
more trouble of this kind now than formerly.
OE course there may have been various Causes op-
Grating 10 bring about this result, but the more
common oCe, II Is believed, results from the care
less manner III which cows have been "Gried off
Deep mixers are often inclined to Weld milk
during the whole year, and unless extra attention
IS given as TO the m4naer 10 WbIcn they are dried
trouble will be had with the uddsr on their com.
ing 10 milk again, and loss OF Z portion OF the
bag follows. The Old milk remanIn 10 the 10
der becomes thick, i source o. irritation, pro
ducing II h4mmatIcu Of The parts, which being az
grVstrd near the time OF c4.vlng, results ID gar
et or loss OF some part OF the Bag.
The udcer should be empted OF It's contents
every ew days, and the work continued until the
secretion of mix CEASES. VISA some animals the
drying OH Is ehzcLel III very short time out in
others several weeks are required. We ere con-
vnced that attention 10 TINS matter was never
more important than now. DAIRY stock i unusu
ally nigh and scare, ana It will very difficult
TO replace good III keIs that have been lost or in.
Jured by neglect.-X. Il. ". m Country Genie