Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-28
AGRICULTURAL.

HEALTH OF Cows.-Good health in do
mestic animals is always matter of pri-
mary Importance.
AS bad health in parents transmits a
tendency to disease in the offspring, it is
important that every kind of animal we
desire to continue on our farms should be
kept vigorous and healthy. sea=as
AS domestic animals are source of hui
man food, it is of great Importance to pre-
serve them in a healthy condition. Diseas-
ed meat carries its qualities into the stom-
ach of Its consumer. 1t is serious objec-
ton which vegetarians urge against the
use of animal food, that the artificial cir
cumstances in which animals live, and the
bad treatment they receive, render them
unhealthy. As an unhealthy animal does
not consume food to as good advantage as
well one, it is economical to avoid dis
ease.
AS comparative misery and discomfort
accompany disease, it is humane as well as
economical to see that the animals under
ourc enjoy as far as possible their crea-i
ture comforts. .ii
Each of these circumstances is sufficient
reason for guarding with scrupulous care
the health of the animals we feed; but
when we derive milk from animals, it is
doubly important that they are kept free
from every objectional taint. A sickly cow
not only yields diminished profit, but she
yields sickly milk, and sickly in higher
degree than her flesh
If COW eats anything that has strong
or disagreeable od0r, it appears in her milk.
Ifa COW eats anything medicinal, it comes
out in her milk.
IT she is feverish her milk shows it.
If she has sores about her, pus may be
found in her milk.
1t she is fed upon decayed or deceased
food, her milk, since it is derived from her
food, will be imperfect. 1t is as impossible
to make good milk from bad food, as to
make good building from rotten timber.
Little Falls Farmer.
HORSE LABoR,-The quantity of labor we
are entitled to demand of our teams on the
farm, is question not fully understood by
MANY of our farmers. Few have ever given
it thorough trial, and if they have done
so, doubt if there, in most cases, has been
any close calculation. There are few
farmers who do not annually lose consid
cradle by not giving this matter proper at
tention. The cardinal point " is, 'NEYER,
if not prevented by bad weather, allow
your team to be idle" They are daily
expense to you, and the problem you have
to solve is, to keep them at work every day.
1t is not necessary to let them remain idle,
to rest them.
Never overwork them, feed them we'll
and regularly, keep them clean, never al
low you hands to abuse them, keep sharp
lookout that they are properly hitched
and driven, allow no stay-chains on your
wagon, and your horses will keep in good
condition. In corn plowing time they will
get thin in spite OF the best feed, but wher
that work is over, they will recover. 1
you treat your horses as above stated, yor
NAV work them from sun up to sun down
with one hour and half for dinner-in sum
mer and one hour in spring and fall, wheI
the days are shorter. ~
know that my friends think work my
horses harder than any farmer in the State
Tor District, should say.) but gentlemen
have adhered to the above principles fol
thirty years. aud my horses have always
been able to stand the work assigned them
and keep in good working order.
The best proof is, that in the spring o
1865, broke with each two-horse team, Al
acres of sod land, (most heavy clay,) har
rowed it, plowed and narrowed 20 acre
for oats, and besides, hauled 80 four-hors
loads of manure from town, four miles dis
tant. Each horse worked twenty-sevel
acres OF corn three times, and all the worl
was accomplished well and in due time
Still nv horses are common horses of mid
ding size, only having been in my posses
sion three weeks previous to the com
mencement of plowing. Estimating tn
daily feed of horse at one peck of corn
or its equivalent, and ten pounds of hay
the daily expenses of a horse are:
Ten pounds hay sl5 per tun 49,: :.......:.. o 10
Shooting all round once every weeks, per day o 03
Wear and tear on harness, 50 65 per annum.. o OIL
Interest on capital of 81 %, invested at per
Loss on capital. 10 psr cent. per day. 03
Insurance.. ..-....-..- VI
4s
Saw 30 cents per day. If we further e:
innate days work all the year round q
ten hours, your hourly expense per hors
ia five cents. By this, you can make you
own calculation what is lost every hou
vonr horses are allowed to remain idle.-
0ount the hours all the year round and yo
will have sum that will astonish you.-
True. YOU do not disburse all the none
lost but the feed of your horses is equivs
lent to money. Many farmer will say, h
has not always work for his team, but, ger
tlemen. If no more teams are kept tina
necessary. there is always work for then
I. at least, have found, through thirt
Years, experience, that | always ha
more work for my teams than could q
done.
so high after blowing is done, and eonse
o,enflv tbey are not so expensive to u.s.
We'll. gentlemen, it is a poor plan to dimiI
ish the feed of your horses at certain peri
obs A horse evenly fed all the year rount
Eeeps always powerful and in good condi
tione whereas horse, fed high at one tim
snj noorIv at another, never can retain tn