The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-03
AGRICULTURAL.
HOW TO MAKE -m1LKERs.

success in raising mixers. And can
farmers expect ever to raise good
stock from cows to which, for the pur-
pose of making them mixers, they
have been In the habit of using any
runt of bull they could pick up?
It's a great thing to have good
blood, whether it be AYRSHIRE, Jer-
sey or Shorthorn grades, but apart
from this important advantage, the
course OF. treatment In raising mixer
Is somewhat different from that in
raising beef animal, or an animal for
labor. 49,.
The calf should be we'll fed and
petted while young. Well fed, to
produce q rapid growth, so as to ena-
BILE the heifer to come IN early petted,
to make her gentle and fond of the
presence of her keepers. Fondling
helps to create quiet disposition so
i'm 5ortant in a dairy COW, and this
education must begin when young.
Fora mixer. we would have the
heifer come in at two years old, and
if she has been well kept, so as TO
have attained a good size, she is then
old enough to become q cow. She
will give more milk for coming in
early. 1t forms the habit of giving
milk, and the habit, you know. is a
sort of second nature, An older bull
is better. We use too many young
bulls. a three or four year old is far
better as a stock getter than year
ling, and many prefer a five or SIX
year old to any other. After the
hiefer comes In, let her be fed regu-
larly. Glover is preferred to all others
for the stall feed. A little oatmeal
induces a large flow. Indian e meal
is rather fattening- La bad weather
give her clean, airy stall.
a COW newly come in should not
drink cold water in cold weather, but
moderately warm slop. Calves in
tended for raising should be. taken
from the cow within few days, and
they will be less liable to suck when
old. Feed them first with new milk,
for time, then skim milk, then sour
milk, taking care that all the changes
are gradual by adding only a portion
first, and gradualIya little meal.
Calves well fed aud taken care Of,
with a quart or two of meal daily 10
Winter, will be double the size at two
years that they would have attained
by common treatment. .s4i s8g
Heifers thus treated may come in.
at two years old, and will be better
than neglected animals at three, and
one year Of feeding saved.
Heifer5 dried up too early after calv
ing, will alwaysrun dry in after years;
therefore be very careful to milk
closely the first year until about six
weeks before calVing. rsa aszfeth
Hearty eaters are deirable for COWS,
and they may usually be selected with
calves A dainty calf will be likely to
be dainty COW. sfA
Heifers should become accustomed
to be freely handled before ealviDg,
and drawing the teats.
They will not then be so difficult
to milk. Begin gradually, and be
careful never to startle them.
In milking COWS, divide the time al
nearly as Practicable between morn
ing and evening, especially at time of
early gTas s, that the udder may not
suffer. .a., -... ~
Persons who milk should keep the
nails cut short; animals are some-
times hurt with sharp nails, and are
uuiustly charged with re5tlessness.
10 determine which COWS are best
for keeping, try their milk separate
", and weigh their butter-for some
times a COW may give much milk and
little butter. and Uice verSa-ColenldR'S
Rural World. ..e.....-.
To keep cider sweet for winter use,
take of grated horse-radish root one
quart, and one box of ground mustard
to a barrel of cider, putting it in i'm
mediateIy after making. This has
kept cider sweet from November to
April. 1t is the best of all recipes.
VALUE OF A SINGLE COW.
At a recent. meeting of farmers
club in Vermont, one Of the members
stated that he had reared an excellent
herd of cattle, all bred primarily from
COW Of suberb quality. The breed
was mainly Durham. He had mar
keted many animals from his herd for
work, and for beef, and thought his
success chiefly owing to breeding from
that COW, coupled with judlcious
crossing He believed it was fully as
important to have excellent qualities
in the dam as in the sire. The COW
to which he owed his success in breed
ing was of a vigorous constitution,
active, possessed Of a full bright eye,
of a kindly disposition, deep in the
ribs, thin and light In the shoulders,
and swelling out full towards the
hind quarters. She was good for
milk. He always crossed his COWS
with the very best true blood male,
generally Durham He thought every
Farmer could, from good selections of
native stock, thus raise animals supe-
rier for beef, for work, as we'll as for
milk Vermont Farmer. ss1
ADVANTAGES OF CLOVER.
At a recent meeting of the Farmers
Club of the American Institute, not
long since, an interesting letter on
this sucject was received from G..
Smith, Ionia, Mich. a
Fourteen years ago I came to this
country, and purchased the land on
which / now live; it was already worn
out, although it had been cultivated
but few years. Clover at that time
was hardly known in this region; but
obtained seed as soon as possible,
believing that l could soon prove
that such land could be made pro-
ductive. 1 sowed plaster on my clo-
yer. and the result was astonishing.
My crops, while / was preparing the
ground for clover, hardly paid the
expenses Of cultivation; but as soon
as I began to pillow under clover my
crops began to grow better and better
to such an extent that / felt perfectly
satisfied with my return. My wheat
crops soon run up from ten bushels
per acre to thirty and even forty
bushels; and my corn from twenty
FIVE to fortg aud fifty bushels per acre.
My circumstances rapidly improved
| bought more land, and continued
to SOW everything in clover, new land
as we'll as old, always sowing plaster