Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-06-24

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TIE subjsce inersdscsd In our last opens
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obvious that. n De pstncipass tsere stated
are correct, there Il nsch erroneous treat
ment Of sninals, especially yong animals.
We think this susjsse h worthy Of more
attention than Il has yet received. We of
Or fsw hiso only, not claiming the knowl-
e.ixs necessary to full Investigation.
In the frst place, al cruelty to animals
impairs their future develePsmenf. As .
writer Ia the n. Y. Tribune remarks, "A
blow. or any thiaG that causes severe pain
permansotly injarss the animal" Here Is
an argunsnt for the prsvsutioa ofcrvelty
to animals.
All scant feeding, or feeding upon poor.
nnpalatzole and innutricious diet, greatly
impairs deveiopeoent. The young animal
that 10 wintered on meadow hay. and kept
in an open. cold and uncomfortable barn.
without bedding or litter, comes out In the
spring looking like . skeleton. rather than
tie plump, we'll conditioned animal il
ought to be, it development permasently
arrested; and whes this course has been
pursued for two, three or hour successive
winters. no AFTER treatment can make any
thing Of Ii but an ordinary animal.
The too common practice Of wintering
COWS on poor or refuse hay without roots
or provsnder to help them out. while the
oxen have the bes, hay, seems to Ms TO be
bad policy. The result Is the cows In the
spring are thin In flesh, II young their de-
velopemeat seriously impaired. and it tax
Is them generally III autumn to recruit
They are Of bat little prod, and. what 10
more, never will be uader this mode OF
As like produces like, they transmit these
deterioi ated qualities The stock raised
from them L. impaired. And when this is
continued through successive generations.
the result Is an inferior stock indeed. The
truth 10 any stock will Improve or de,eri-
crate. according IS Il il well or poorly
kept and treated. The excellence Of the
best imported stock Is due chiefly to proper
treatment. pursued fos long course Of
years through successive generations. Our
native stock. mongrel as ]; is. may thus be
improved almos. indefinitely.
Another preventive Of developement.
undoubtedly is having heifers come In at
two years old. There is nothing gained
BY this. No more milk is obtained, though
some Of it is obtained little sooner. Blu,
dsvelopement Is retarded. and II !, doubt
fui whether Ii is ever after fully obtained.
And thi. deterioration Is transmitted.
When TO this Is added poor feeding and Ia :
sufficient shelter, the animal stands . poor
chance fer any thing but very imperfect
developement
But to return TO Our First Cow A. was
stated In former article. We were iisap.
pointed tn securing an Increased flow Of
milk except in SNAIL degree. The habi,
Of secreiing a small quantity Of milk had
become established. and oil that was ted to
her beyond that went to fat and flesh In
stead Of milk. In an older animal the same
cause would not have produced ike re-
suit. at least 20, In the same degree.
We were also disappointed in another re-
spect. This did no, arise from any lack
Of richness IN the milk. I here was no faul,
In that direction. TO all the usual tests \,
was entirely satisfactory. Besides richness
rather than quantity Of milk is q character
isfic OF the Durhams. The cream wac
ong time In rising. "a characterixfic OF ric b
milk. and WA 20 thick that IL would adj
here together In mass, when . spoon or
skinner vas applied at Que side Of the pan
and moved across Ii. But when the cream
had been poured into the churn the trouble
commenced 1t tooA long long time to
get butter, and when IL did come Ii was n.
soft As the cream itself II could not be
worked. till cooled of in cold water. and
then ii often had the appearance Of butter
that had been partially melted we were
unable TO account Tor this. The matter
Was referred TO the American Institute Farm
srs Club. New York. They gave us no So
luton Of the difficulty, stated that farrow
cows were never famous for making butter
1t taking . long tune TO churn it. and as
sure US that the trouble would all be obvi-
ated when she came in again.
This difficulty is sometimes experienced
With ne~-miIeh cows, though more fire.
quet.tly with harrow ones and is mos, lie
ly to occur with young cows. The diffcul-
~ seems to lie in the length Of time requi-
ate for churning the butter. Its coming
soft is the natural result Of long churniny.
IS BY that operation the temperatur. Of the
cream is raised.
We suggest no cause. no explain ,tien Of
this peculiarly ia the milk Of come cows.
for the reason that we have more satisfac-
tory to our own mind. but Ne have full conf
dence In the assurance given u. by the
American fnstIi ute Farmers Club.
". Corthell.
For the American
Afarners Opinion.