Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-12-25
agricultural,
Cooking Food for Goes.

va" 'Nt"t4N NAiN i''t SNi fsait VI NitN Sutdtliti
10 recuperate, She viii yield not only a
small quantity of milk duringthe time she
is recuper0ting, but il will be poor in
quality, and hence such AN animal can
render but meager profits, even on the
cheapest kind of land; for her care, and
the labor OF milking, etc, will nearly. If
not quite, cat Up in cost the value of her
products.
The variation in the quality Of nils, On
account ofpoor keep, thinneSS ofhe>h, and
adebilitated condition of the animal, has
been Very abundantly set forth by the
chemists in their analysis Of milk from
such animals In such cases the butter
has been found 70 Iali off from five per
cent. to less than two per cent. with a
considerable reduction also in the caSciu.
The influence of poor keep on the quality
of milk j. a question not very well under
stood or appreciated by the majority OF
farmers. The man who keeps his herd
poorly, and delivers his milk at the factory
with those whose herds are well fed and
cared for, ought in Justice to make the
proper allowance for M inferior quality
of milk.
"A microscopic examination of the
various component parts Of plants shows
them MI 20 be constituted of cellular
tissue, varyirgiu form according to the
part 1.-THE vegetable subjected cvamiua-
tion. The cayaticS OF the tissue ale filled
with very diversified matter; sometimes,
as in the case OF wood the varieties ct the
cell are CO., rcd hy hardand brittle sub
stance called h3aaDl, on voady fibre,
which frequently almost completely fills
Ihriu,cr>tircs; while at other times as in
tho grains of the ccrcalia. potatoes and F.
o,h,, ,ubcr>, the cells contain a quantity /
@, ovoidaI glohulcs, varying. in size, CON T
shutting fulr orSfqrrt; and lastly, ia .
the ease of he organs of plants, the cells Z
contain ouly a mo,o or les NicuuuS ilujd /.
holding in solution mineral salts au! .
uoriou> org nic substance. the principal .
of which are gums. gcla;jnouS combins-
tiau,. designated by the general name OF
1ftmtqoe, Substances We conclude .
then, ,ha, if the hca, ail, in rendering the
nuu,i,c principles of roots and grain,
more accessible Notwithstanding faculty. 7.
/, will also a>>i>, in >ottyniu. the fiber ct
hay and straw. The cell wall, ahjch
impriSou the aljncutary Substances men
,i.n,d, viii, 10y the Joint process ofcu,,jus
and ,tcariuS be more, or broken aud
Weakened
>,caming feed Tor milch COWS, i, q
suycc,, 50 far as making milk /, coaccu-
ed. and using poor fodder, will give
m, experience aal lc, youg reader, draw
their own m.cr,ucy>.
Five Years ago Iprrparcl a steam box
directly over ;hc boiler in my barn cellar,
uaJ,a wooden cover 20 Che boi,c, fitting
5, ,,cam-,jrh, and through rubber tubes
conveyed tn steam into perforated iron
pipe. running the length ct ,hc>t,am box.
then pax my cut h,y. straw, a.. into
thr box, wc,,iu- it thoroughly n ru, il
ia: jtrv, thu, wet the steam vii, dry it
>o o> Do destroy is nouli-hjne qualities.
Alter filling the boiler with water and
making ans connections uy auJ cove.
styam-,igh,, lighted my fire and KEEP, The
water boiling lyish,y Tor about fourh,ur,,
when found the mass 20 Zoe prc,,
thoroughly cooked, and Of such nature
,ha; my yajt, Gkcd it exceedingly wei.
- adding liberal supply of corn meal
and shorts Nhcu film be box you have
a mass resembling in flavor a ucw-m,,de
loaf Of 5yowu-Lrc..d. con which the cattle
90 VERY well, though the material DE Of
AL inferior quality,
Ipugsucd this course one winter, and
amnow prepared lopru,c that can make
moye milk from iljr quality of meadow
hay thu, prepared than can be made from
the best quality OF upland hay fed dry.
Add two quarts of meal 20 each days feed
per COW, before stcamiug ii, and two
quarts per COW to the dry hay, and the
advantages are still more apparent.
now have simpler way OF preparing my
feed and one Ike quite n well.
take large feed box, with a tight
cover, and into this put my feed we,,ing
each layer with boiling water shaking hay
50 a. to have each partth,roughiy wet. |
then s,aupildowu solidaS possible put on
@u.,.a. ry,r and proceed % before till
my box Is filled. Ior uy stoch of 81
head | use 90 gallons of boiling water ia
mixing enough TO last them two DAYS.
The box should then Dee closed while
another boiler of water i being heated,
when 50 gallons more is poured evenly
over the mass the box closed. and al I
lowed TO stand about L hours before Us.
inc The iced Is then solteucd So rs 10
be easily dige>.ed. aud ofnearly the same .
flavor aS when in lis green state and my /
cattle prefer even poor meadow hay,
thus prepared to the best hay when ted
dry.
have Kept nay stock Tor three wintels
last past, on poor hay and corn fodder (
thus prepared using meal not exceeding
one quart per day To each COW, when not
giving milk, feeding III least Que quarter
less hay than when fed dry. and been
able to keep them looking quite as well ~ /
my neighborS, who think meadow hay