The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-22

1t as TO a DELICIOUS mOTSel Wien dL
tempts have been made to deprive he
of it. Yet few have ever asked them
:. selves why she did it.
Phosphate oflime is formed IN thu
animal system by a union OF the phos
/ Iphorie acid in the food, and the lime
in the water drank. This source il
abundant for animal health, except
lat such times as an extra quantity is
: demanded by nature; then resort must
1be had to other sources. The COW
at the time spoken of requires an ex-
ira supply, and if deprived Of it the
consequences must be exhaustive on
her own system, or fatal to the foetus;
and is most likely to happen when the
COW is closely confined, as in the yard
or stable during winter, as is done
lby most dairymen. From such men
we often hear the complaint that
their cows have given premature
births. losa 1q sa IL lrae
In January, 1867, j. w. Sturges,
of Berlin, Chenango county, N. "
wrote that he had dairy Of twenty
COWS, and four of them had given
premature births, the last three about
ten days apart, and there had been
several other cases in that vicinity.
Feed had been hay, with oat straw
and corn stalks. The dairymen
around could give him no remedy
The New York Farmer Club, with
Scion Robinson at It's head, was
equally at loss for remedy.
Ed3 In Herkimer county. it is reported
that 5000 COWS calved paematurely
in one year, and it was considered
by the dairymen as disease, for
which they could find no remedy
However they very easily could see
that it must have a seriously dam
aging effect upon the dairy interest,
and that the cow was not worth more
than half as much the next summer
as if she had not cast her calf, and
there was more than an even chance
that she could never come in right.
Turning them Quito be fattened, did
not remove the evil, las the COWS sub
stituted fell into the same habit. Ly-
man B. Sanford of Cherry Flats, in
that State, says in 1867 that for
the past nine years | have been
keeping from twenty to fifty cows,
and have had considerable experience
in COWS calving prematurcly. In the
winter of 1864, out Of a dairy Of 35
choice COWS no less than IA miscar-
ried before January and March. /
had fed cornstalks up to December
20 and then commenced on good
bright timothy hay alone. d Itgewas
Ecut from an old meadow, which had
1been moved more or less for thirty
!. years, and contained no foul weeds.
My neighbors have been in the same
fix, some losing more, others less.
No one could find a remedy aa
To those who are acquainted with
Those portions of New York, the rem
edy ought to have been apparent. -
They have been cropped until wheat
can no longer be grown, and many
other crops. fail for the same cause
want Of phosphates to mature the
grain ) and so the land has been
laid downlto grass which requires a
small quantity. The water general
| ly contains little or no lime in solu-
ton, and so the cows system could
not secrete the phosphate of lime
necessary for the formation Of the
bones ofthe calf. The remedy then
pointed out by nature, was lime water
or better STILL phosphate Of lime,
which would be had BY giving the
COWS powdered bones, with her feed
Tor salt. ita6aoa a .aoiteala -on .
Mr.. Sanford tells us that he gave
SO for the recipe, which I have Civ
len, and you, Mr.. editor, will give to
your readers for nothing; and which
they had all better lay aside so that
they can always find it. He
gathered bones, pounded them fine
and when the cows were sailed, he
put as much bone dust as salt togeth-
! er. and sailed once a week. The
! bone dust had better be kept from
; the air until used, as it will lose
some of its phosphorus. Don't for