Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-11-15
GRIC ULT u Z E,
cows-FooD AND SHELTER.

At this lime Of year the farmers cows should
be source OF abundant profit. The weather
IL favorable fer making the best butter, and (
the product commands high price in the |
market. Butihe trouble 10 the cows give but |
little milk. From the flush Of the sweet, juicy |
June pasture the milk has gradually diminish
ed in qusn,ity until now, by patient stripping
so slow that the light loan will not rise to
the surface in the pail, barely enough is drawn
from two or three cows to supply the wants of
the family. "Well, how can 1t be helped" sage
farmer Slowpace; "the cows pasture on the
meadows and In the clover field; there 10 wide
range, plenty Of grass; just as flush as 1t was in
June; they can eat just ms much as in the sum
mer and if they DOT give the same guam
tity OF milk, il is only because the decrease u
natural, suppose" Yes, they have enough OF
grass, We will allow; but look AT their bones
sticking out more and more every week. see
the erect iough hair, the dead looking coat
mark their uneasy, restless actions;-thinkoi
these a moment, aud you will conclude that
though there Is plenty o! grass, yet their tood
Ia scast. You may set It down az q farm axiom
that grass alone in the autumn, 10 not all the
food that cows may eat with profit, however
abundant it may be.
1t id getting almost too late 10 the year t6
talk much about feeding cows in the autumn
II they have bt en- neglected, the mischief Ia al
ready done, and attention should now be giveE
TO bringing them up to the gates OF winter II
plausible condition. Commence by staolinl
them nights. That is what should have beer
done two months age. Some good dsirymer
> stable tn cir cows all summer and make none.
by it You must have, however, large
roomy well-lighted, well.ventilated stable
You want room behind the animals and i
front. The cattle must have fresh air and
clean bed of straw With these they are jus
as comfortable In the hottest September nigh
as though In the yard; and when II rains @
tue nights are frosty they are far more 81
II Win good arrangements there 10 but litt
trouble 10 thus ms naging, and the manu-
pile gives much larger profit at theead OF II
lyeaf.
Of course the COWS should be led 10 the sis
BILE Ii they have come meal their coats won
STICK cut so when In the PASTURE nor will thu
8, be 10 restless. You will see great aiheren
IS in The quantity eli milk aforded--a favorab
difference from that OF an exclusive grass di'
II. ana your wife will notice remarkable ricl
nets in the milk. II you have pumpkins. 1t
rood thing to feed them on but what u
should have land we mean to repeat It IN
q farmers won't forget it) ia plenty OF eabbag
for tall and early winter and roots for sprir
Just think of the amount of food one acre
cabbages would afford five ows, one thousa
ri solid heads each, and as many defective on
,a Giving each ten heads per day and they wor
ast over three months. They are easily gro'
eseiy kept till mid -winter; they are heslt
and do not faint the milk. Farmers do not !
half know the value of this crop. But as
beginning OF the wintering Of your cows 1T
now time to put your stables in order. a
shelter and feed the animals every night- /
raj New Yorker.