Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-01-09

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Earnler Column


IN that It points ont how food may be saved
aud the! health and value Of animals preserved
contains some valuable suggestions
hecently dairy farmers of large experience
have, adopted the plan of keeping COWS in the
stable most of the time during The winter. -.
They reason that it is cheaper to supply arti-
fetal warmth to stock by properly construct
ed stables, than by keeping up the requisite
heat by feeding hay. Mich COWS are sensi-
tive to cold and like a warm place. Some
insist that COWS require a good deal of eSer-
else, and that it is really bad treatment and
prejudicial to health to keep them confined
SO much in stables. But the facts do not
preSe the theory. a well -fea COW is very
quiet she does not move around in the
yard much for the purpose oftaking exercise.
When termed from the stable she GOES to tho
trough to. slack her thirst, atid then seeks
some warm spot in the yard, and stands there
chewing her cud. In extremely cold weather
they shiver from cold, hook each other. and
seem glad to get back again t6 the stables
1t has been proved that cows are healthier,
not so liable to accidents or injury, and keep
in better condition and on less food by being
kept during winter, for most of the time, in
the stables. We have tried both methods
the open yard theory and the stables-and, SO
far as our experience and observation goes,
the Stable has the most merit. In this it is
presumed that the stables arc roomy, lighted
and well ventilated. Dark, unventilatcd
apartments for cattle, where there is no exit
for foul air, must, ofcourse, be little better
than pest house, and in such cases give US
the open yard and plenty of fodder. The
plan adopted, and which seems to work sue.
cessfully, is to feed with regularity twice q
day and no more. The morning feed may bc
given at half past five or six O'clock, and
then in the afternoon at half past four o. clock
The COWS may be turned out to drink at 8
a. NJ, and after being in the yard, say from
three quarters of an hour; they arc returned
to the stable, taking their places in the STAN
chions until 81 o'clock, p. NJ, when they
are let out for another hour to take water,
&c. 1t is believed that two hours in this
way, in the yard each day, is all that is need
cd on the score of exercise, aud that the
health and comfort of the animals arc promo>
ted by being kept the balance of the time in
the stables. On the score ofeconomy, over
the usual practice of allowing the COWS to
roam IN the yard the creator part of the day,
there is no question. Much less food is re-
CURED to keep the stock in thriving con-
dition, and there is saving in not having the
that they arc by the usual method The loss,
item of no small Importance.
"Cattle like change Of food, and some
provision should always, be made for this
purpose. A change of food is promotiyo of
health, and coarse fodder; straw, and the like,
often prove Of more value as change, than
the real nutritive value contained in the food
seem to warrant. A daily or even occasional
feed of turips beets carrots, is of great SER,
vice in keeping stock thrifty, and in robust
health.
WINTER CARE OF CATT1E-How many
farmers thcro are who, towards the close Of
winter, complain of being short of fodder,
are compelled to purchase hay at high prices
to carry their stock through until pasture
time. [ know from experience what this Is,
and find it does not pay.
There are two causes and also two rcme-
dies for this state of things, viz: Too heavy
stock and too wasteful feeding. For the
former, the remedy is obvious, for the latter,
great many farmers have not yet discoy-
cred preventative, but go on in the old way
OF feeding; in common square racks in tho
yard, eithercbrn fodder, straw or hay. Hero
Is where the loss occurs and did every farm
er know the great gain there would be in
cutting up everything he feeds, instead of
feeding it whole. there would be no mora
complaints of short fodder. / have tried it
and find that 1 can winter ten head of cattle
on cut fodder now, where I only wintered.
five head last year, and what is more, keep
them in better order. I use fodder cutter
(worked by hand or horse, as the case may
beg, and feed in the yard in troughs six feet
long, eighteen inches deep, and two feetwide
at the top: sloping to one foot at the bottom.
My cattle eat it up clcan-hard butts, stalk,
and all; and one ordinary bundle Of fodder;
such as would be generally given to steer
at one meal-lasts an aniruala whole day.
Another advantage is that my manure Is
all short, and easily handled in the spring,
when heap it up under the sheds, and am
not bothered with long cornstalks all through
it. Cattle prefer their fodder cut, and will
eat it more quietly.
The same saving may be accomplished in
the stable by cutting the hay fed to horses,
cows, etc. They soon learn to like it better
than long hay, and then they can waste none.
Let every farmer who has not tried it, and
Who has been worried to know how to get his
cattle rightly through the winter without
buying hay, try this plan, and if he does il
right, he will never regret the outlay for the
cutter. My saving of fodder in one winter,
will, think, pay for my cutter-COr. Ger
nsantoson Telegraph. @
SuBTERANEAN BUTrKR-It Is we'll
known that cream can be converted into.
butter simply being buried in the ground
Blu. it is not generally known that this,
mode is in common use In Normandy and in
some other parts of France: The process is
as follows:
The cream is placed in linen bag Of.
moderate thickness, which, carefully secured
and placed in a hole in the ground about ai
foot and half deep; it is then covered up and,
left for twenty-four or twenty-five hours.
Whom taken out the cream is 7ery hard.