Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-12
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Westminster Farmers Club.
JAN. 18th, 1869. Cows.

Topic ;-"Best COWS for milk, butter,
and beef combined, and the best method
to keep them"
DEA. Mcneil. | have COW one
half native and one-half durham.
think this to be the best cross to secure
the object sought, viz: milk, butter and
beef combined. | have had the "dur-
ham," and have failed in having a good
COW for milk and butter, though she
made a pile of beef. The cow / now
have, | sold from her in year, q calf
for twenty-one dollars, and one hundred
dollars worth of butter, besides supply
ing all needed milk and butter for my
family of three and four persons. She is
fleshy now. | feed her no grain this
winter, feed hay, straw or corn-fodder
six times during the day, twice in the
morning, once at noon, twice near night,
and once in the evening. never tie
up. She has warm, well bedded place to
lie. We must get good breed and do
well by them.
N. G. PIERCE. | have nothing very
nice for COWS; formerly, think we had
a breed Of cattle better than any thing
we have now. | refer to the Clutch"
cattle, great milkers, good size, active,
hardy cattle; introduced into this vicin-
ity by Major Page, known as the Jarvis"
blood, for beef next to the Durham, for
oxen they were almost as locomotive as
horses. | once went to Consul Jarvis,
in Weathersfeld, (who imported them)
to obtain some, but could not, for the
farmers there in his neighborhood, like
too many other localities, had not given
proper time and attention to the propo-
cation of the breed to test their value,
until they had become extinct in the pre-
dominating traits which they possessed
when first introduced, loss of which
every farmer spoke of with regret. The
present so-called Dutch importation" l
do not like as well as the Jarvis" they
are coarser; still | would like to have
them introduced here
AS to some particulars in keeping,
first, | would say keep well not to feed
young cows dry corn-meal for time be-
fore calving. clover hay is better, good
corn-fodder is excellent, but may feed
corn-meal with safety at any time in
proper quantities, if the meal is scalded.
prefer cows to remain united nights,
and especially in cold weather.
DEA. MCNEIL. usually buy far
row COW to keep through the winter, and
fit her in spring for beef. l now feed
eight quarts of meal, with some potatoes
per day. Some cows in taking meal
hurt their milk.
T. w. WILEY. | endorse the Dea.'
selection of the grade COW Durham and
Native as being in my opinion, product
i've in securing the COW best for all pur-
poses in our locality, but as it regards
feeding I disagree. | feed three times,
never go to the barn to feed in the night,
man has no business there.
Question. VIII it do to feed young
cows meal before and after calying? K
treated one 50 and after she went to
grass she gave bloody milk. Was it
caused by feeding meal and will it effect
older cows? / never have had any trou-
bic with them
HORACE GooDHUE. | never havehad
any experience with the full-blooded
Durhams, have had some nearly so, and
l think them equally as good if not bet
ter. ] think the native COW crossed with
the Durham the best cross, we get size
and milk too. We ought to select our
heifers and COWS with more care and
judgment, from line of ancestors that
were mixers, hardy in constitution, act
i've high spirited, full of the vital force,
and they viii develope these properties
in their progeny, for it is from the dam
more than sire that these became extent.
Animals of fine silky hair, slim necks,
broad hipped, for from this class we find
the best mixers COW may be good
mixer that is narrow-hipped, but not for
stock. If we go in for full-bloods, we
shall deteriate in constitution, besides
paying fabulous prices. / tell you one
good COW is worth two poor ones. In
feeding Dea. Mcneil feeds twice in the
morning, once at noon, twice towards
night and oneein the evening. / believe
three times is enough, cattle should have
time to chew their cuds / would not
feed clear corn-meal, but mix oats and
corn together, not meal much before
calving. cannot answer Mr.. Wiley's |
question in regard to feeling heifers corn
meal as a detrimental to their future
milking qualities.
HENRY FLoYD. In regard to breed, /
believe the thorough bred" not so good