Ellsworth American., 1869-06-10

Asfieultafal XAovlodgs.


For - Ansrieaa.
AgriesltaEh K1swlsdgs.
1t is oftsu remarked that expsgisecs b
the best teacher. Il may b addsd that It
is sometinss . costly teacher. We may
by communicating to ethsrs the results Of
our experience, odd seasthiag to the gen
eral fund Of knswlsdgs, and, Il nay Be-.
prevent soae eos ffsm making N expert
meut which ~ havs fsa.a to- costly.
Take IN agricultural community. II
each farmer that takss your paper, would
carefully nots TIE thlngs that occur on his
own farm, and comounicate the facts and
the results Of bis own experience In brief
articles for the American. there would be
an increase ofAgricultural knowledge, and
an improvs0eas In farming, such - Han
cock Co. Dsver before witnessed.
Such . ceurss would lead to careful ex-
animation, TO accurate investigation, and
to y careful comparison Of results. Not
only fields but minds would b. better culti-
vated and improved.
10 not something Of this kind needed,
just now, 70 give new stisAulss 70 agri.
culture. Farming does not offer . rapid
WY "a for, une, but IL does when rightly
pursued, o9er . sure way to q competency.
Great improvements have been ,nade In
farming. But these are ~ nothing to what
will be made. Ssieace and skill will do
wonders In lessening the toll ofthe farmers
and 10 adding - the productiveness OF
his lands. But facts are wanted, and q
careful attention to results. These the
farmers musG, for the most part, supply
And v ~ not make the columns Of yeur pa
per . medium OF fcommunicaiioa with ach
otter.
Though not farmer We propose 70 give
some OF oar experience with
OUR FIRST Cow.
We bought the COW in November. She
came in At two, the spring previous; and
though not larger than . likely ysarling
her calf WAS Of monstrous size. weighing
ninety pounds. We know nothing of the
causes that produced such = growth. un
less Ii was the feeding Of barley to the
COW, pint daily for soDe time previous
The result to the COW was sickness durins
the spring and summer. loss Of hesh and
shrinkage Of milk. All these facts were
made known TO US by her owner when ws
purchased her. She was small. thin II
nesh. but had tn Dee marks which we're in-
dicstive OF . future good COW She was
d; leas, half Durham, some say more. The
peculiar feature Of the Durhan,s we're pro
minent, and we think she might have psss
ed for full-blooded Durham.
We he'd no doubt that shs would make a
now. But there was one point upon which
we were mistaken. and her former owner
was equally in ignorance. We supposed
that by feeding the COW well. her quantity
of milk would be largely Increased. We
tried the experiment faithfully and failed
1t could be increased only in limited de-
gree and whatever food was given her be-
yond that. went to fat aud fesh instead ol
milk.
This led to investigation. Some said she
was ''on- Of that kind that grow fat, but
never give much milk" But the truth
is the qualities that are inherent In any
animal, must have 8 chance Tor develope-
ment, and that developement may be re-
tarded or hindcred for a time By adverse
causes. Indeed IL may be prevented al
together, II these causes arc sufd dcisuily y
powerful. and Of long continuance. The
animal economy adapts itself to the copdi-
ton Of the health. diet and all those things
that contribute TO the developement o,
non-developenent Of inherent qualities
There are also funstional arrangements
which may continue even alter the amin 4
has to all appearance fully recovered from
the effects Of some sickness or adverse
cause. Their functional arrangement,
sometimes constitute what are called hab.
It's. that 10 physiological habits. habits o
the animal economy.
Thus the habit OF secreting 4 limited
quantity Of milk, Il Is the result OF function
H ucrauxctucui- otcuiituO,. "bSu tae COW
has inherently all the qualities Of . goot
mixer. We are fully Of the opinion fha
in young cows, this habit is easily induced
a, least Ia . degree. In the case In que 5
tion. the habit was induced from the fif 81
by the cause named, and having continued
for % long period, IL could not be con.
nec,ed by fuller feeding. The functional
derangemenf would remain So long as the
COW continued fsrrow.
The question here arises, how long vii
the effects Of any such adverse caa se con.
iinue. after the cause has ceased to operate
Does the animal ever fully recover from !,
% a. to attain that complete develnpeme Mt
which ii would Otherwise have done. 1hi.
can not bs detsr mined from one single
case. however critically Investigated. Ma
nv cases must De examin I'd and compare d
in order 70 arrive at determinats result
The probability 10 that any cause that re.
tards developeuent. in . young animal in
any degree, has = permanent effect in pre-
venting the full and complete deveiope
meut ef its Inherent qualities.
W. CORrHELL.