The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-06-25
Home, Farm and Carden
fFrom tine New Yorl, Tribune.N
0verStocking Grass Farms
by THE mev. IIAREIs LEWIS.

: some purposes aud for some meG
TOO much. L is not enough for q dairy
farm. Ii the n.iik is 20 be Hlanufac-
tared at home into butter or cheese,
dairy OF about torty COWS, all
things considered, is about the right
size. ..-.........,. t-- --,,r..s ..,.i..
When any section, OF country IS
divided into large larals 1t is GGae AZ
The expense OF cOn.moa schools,
ctulehes, and good scoiety. On the
other haiWi, ii Convenient 10 send
milk 20 4 bGtter or cheese Factory 3
smsll amount Of n.lk viii net the
ioNBsF IaF same RATIO nf pr0iiS Ghat,s
large. .amOgnt w0ui,i. AEl . SNAIL
dairy eau be made more profitable
for tie mauCfac;urc Of. butter than
ifor cheese, Tor the reasons that near
liy the siIIse amount of money must
he invested 70 carry ON q small
cheese dairy that is necessary for 3
large one. Again il wili require
labOut the same amount OF time and
ilaborto make ap.tha milk Of twenty
corTs into cheese that, wOuld, he re-
qured TO make from forty COWS, and
the larger the amgUDJ OF milk the
less IL viii be eGecled bF Tie Change
Of temperature, and therefore the
greater the certainty OF lhakiDg good
uniform cheese from a large lhan
from 9 small amount Df mix.
Tile num Der Of acres Iieccssary 20
Keep for,y COWS depends OF course,
upon tha natural prO,iuetjveness OF
the soil. its adaplstioa 20 tbe pro
iuction OF good 2rsss, aHd The care
1t nav receive The best dairy
farms wflF keep orc COW on a.trine
less i.Ian two acres. l;IIt there are
inanY dairy farms ia tAc coGntrj
Sherc eight acres ur. more are usr-
lessary 20 SeCp = cos. Believing that
every Gairyman shouSI raise his
dairy stock. pi 0aRcc all his SIaiaiand
meat, would titervfare recommend
Tor 4 dairy OF forty COWS 200 acres
OF gOoi grass land, divided nearly
rs follows For wood lpt, % ACRES );
Tor meadow ahd pasture l50 acres :;
and iGr grain, fruit and vegetables.
- acres. But whether the larm BE-
iarge or small, keep no mere stock
than can be kept we'll. j believe the
dairymen lose one-.Ialt as much
! money By oVcrstorking their farms
las they 10 by ab5rtioh Thc gtea;
Iimnors;luce ol this sut.ject c.ia no;
be too strongly Emphasized On tIr
minds OF new beginners in dairy
farming, and viii, perhaps, justly
me in relating two cases OF over
stocking which came under my oh
seryaliOn. - i.t.u 81
y friend OF mine purchased :
small piece OF lanG. and being anx
ions 10 make Ill he could from il,
stocked il with one horse aud four
cows. The first season proving un
favorable for grass. his four cows
failed 10 furnish milk and butter suf-
licient for his family, and his cows
went into winter quarters in very
poor condition but the condition OI
the horse was far, he being able TO
eat lie grass closer t!r,,R tho COWS,
thereby keeping. it. beyond their
reach. As winter wore away his hay
and grain wore sway also, until he
came to the conclusion, shat he must
sell a part Of his stock, or purchase
hay and grain to carry them through
the winter He resolved 10 sell oue
COW and offered . tieleAlsof eiIaic,
OF the lot for $50, rot believing, tiiat
tie best eos5 would bo. selected il the
choice should be made from their
fappearaDce at tha time. Bu5.to his
icliagrin the yerv hest cow was taken.
The newt heing "a gOod season Tor
grass, he found that the poorest COW
he hai gave lu9re milk tilin tbe best
one Gid TIC previous year, anti the
three cowS furnished .ni!i5 and butter
for the family, and IG5 nonujs of
butter tor ssde.-ThiS convinced hiul
that he had oVeIstWkcd bis land =
He therefore resolved 10 sell another
cow, which be did. ihnt the poorest
one this tine- Now for tie re
suits: rt.-a, 20 ..s.....-.tI
His family numbered one more
than they did the first year, The third
season no better grass than the sec
on,l, no fertilizers of any Kind had
been used on tle pasture. yet the
family used all the milk and butter
they desired without being stinteil !
as they were the first season, and
had lS4 pounds OF butter to spare
from the two COWS. The other ease
Of overs.ocking is one in which the
writer acted part, and is substan
TALLY as Follows: " "
A dairynlan resfline In tIis town,
who had always ovezstocked his /
farm. died, and his dairy Vas sold at |
public auction 'bv tae executor on the
9th day or March, lSG3. his heirs
bcirg present and knowing the val
ne of tie cows rs they had been
kept) bid ia such ones ~ tllay de
sired TO retain on tic larn- During
the sale, one COW that bad teeu in
ahont two weeks, iayin& the appear
ance of goc'l raili.er 9eXcrpt her |
bag, but lar past tiia nIsraiiaa 81
/ life, was struck or IN me for $2l
and upon getting hec home, I Iouu,i !
she gave foIr rouH;iS Oc milk per
day. aIl told Mt in tlIe least dis |
heartenc,l, ! commeuced ftsdiug her
nice. early cut haY,. o. - term il. |
dried grass, lnd Z small quantity oil
whey night aEd morning, 2rjlujiiv |
increasing ;lIe quantisy Of feed up 20 /
Sll she would eat. and the wiiev uii
to two pats full per dIy. With this /
feed the cow improved in appca:ancaf /
all the while, and her min: increased (
from four rounls up tl over Tort, !
! pounds PEI. day. Before aoiiie ONT 10 /
tgrass, the ilis also inIpThaing in /
lqaa!ity as il ipcfeasc,; la Quan'ity /
II kept his cow t'Uee seIsoaS, and |
while The avsT51P quantity OF cheese
made was1tnder 50f phnnjfs per cnw
for the whole dairy, comnting eael, /
lheifer as one COW, this one made /
over 700 pounds, each year. ..,
These results convInced me that /
while We might understand the val |
ue of a good cow poorly kept, We |
might at the same time be ignorant !
of her Yalue when well fed and prop
lerly cared for. Or, in other words.
take any COW, however good she may
-llileaEul :