Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-05-27
By our Agricultural Editor
AGRICULTURAL.
EIailig.

Ills, 10 many dairymen. Who does not klo"
Of diaries all around him that are go' uP
,nnts5 At all hours, from i've to nine clo'A'
at nirbt according to caprice or IL suos'l
:, o,bsr farm work? We might point out
ber5 If most excellent COWS, rot e1celled III aI-
-.,r.ros st least. that are believed to produce
tsr nor rent les than the general average Of sim
u,r d.iries. from no other cause than that OF ir-
regular milking
ANY circumstance tending to produce uneas-
ss n.i, inflammation, or in any manner affect
ing the snimal's senses unpleasaatly. results in
irinrv TO the milk vessels, and COWS frequently
rive evidence of intense suffering from only a
lille unusual delay in milking In the flush Of
the season when the uliers are fully distended
it is extremely cruel, to say nothing Of the IN
proftableness OF such course, to let the COWS
20 unmilkei beyond the usual time, and to milk
them before is but little better if any less So in
the end Positive injury to the milk also results
from its retention in the udder, and not unfre-
ouently the Injurious influence extends to the
persons who consume the milk.
Change of mixers is almost invariably attended
with bad results. Cows that have been reguu-
lsrly MIXED by the same person for some time
are probably more susceptible to the influence
Of change than those where changes are the rule
rather than the exception. hence it is not i'm
probable that those are extreme cases, tnat have
been noted with some degree of precision, and
indicate more serious cOcseq gences than would
result from less sensitive animals. The fact,
however, that such influences are marked, under
favorable circumstances for observation, must be
accepted as evidence that they exist as a rule.
despite the circumstance that they are not al
ways 50 apparent as to challenge the attention Of
the needless
We have authentic esilenca Of case where 3
COW was mlkel By aa shes rh4a ,he regular
mixer hut once, yet several days elapsed before
she asain gave the usual quantity Of milk, and
no other possible le,sou f.r the falling off could
he discovered This vas an accidental circum-
stance but the decrease in the flow was so grea;
as TO challenge the attention Of the person whose
business it WAS to measure the milk at each
milking. Innumerable cases have occurred
where the evidence is convincing, bot l4esns
the sctual measurement, nevertheless.
Dsirymen say that for a COW TO lie out over
one milking iniur,s her past recovery for the
whole season, and yet We have known the same
dAirymen practice every possible irse-1larity
except leaving their COWS out all night, simply
to get a little more work out of their employees.
regardless Of any evil effects.
Until they learn to subordinate everything else
TO regular, systematic management OF the dairy.
from feeding and milking, onward. our llirymsu
may not hope for maximum results
Only strong, gentle, rapid mixers should be
permitted to enter the milking sheds. Mere
strippers are not to be c0untenanaeL The effect
Of stripping e to iniure she ulisrs ana lessen
the fow of milk We have no doubt tina.
many Of the losses Of teats result from stripping
them between the thumb and finger
CoRN-It has been asserted very frequently OF
late that the raising Of Indian corn in New England
should be abandoned, and gentlemen whose
general intelligence and facilities for the scqui-
sition Of information on the subject cannot be
questioned, sre among the foremost to urge this
course. 1t is argued that the crop Is exhaust
i've, and requires so much manuriur as 10 derc-
gate from all the other crops upon rhe farm; an
assertion that cannot vel be ieuiei, as is zoo
often the case, the crop is sold off the farm.
If the proposition be narrowed down 70 the
raising Of corn, or indeed of any other grain, as
market crop in New England. we assert to It's
general truthfulness and abandon the discus
sion but, if on the other hand, the crop is
consumed on the farm, as all our grain crops
should be, we insist that there is none more pro
ftable or less exhaustive ultimately, than that
of Indian corn.
The amount Of restorative elements furnished |
by juiicioualy fed crop Of corn is much great
er than that Of any other grain or forage crop
and but little if any less than that OF the best
root crop.
Lands in New England which ale in a conii- |
ton for grain growing are too valuable for its
production simply as a market crop. Only the
very best Of them in the highest possible o5uIi-
ton, can be relied upon for maximum crops Of |
corn, and only such are, profitable, aud even
then, only as auxiliary to some other depart
ment Of farming.
A dsirymau, for instance, can adoll to raise |
an acre Of corn for every eight or ten COWS and |
feed it all out on the farm. receiving compenss-
ton for his labor and expense IN the increased |
quantity ard improved quality Of his dairy |
products ard pork, and relying for profit very
largely upon the improved condition Of his land |
and stock, consequent upon the better feeiing !
that the crop afforded. The corn crop in that
case, 50 far from deroga;ing from the general !
fertility of the farm is made 20 contribute very
materially toit.
We have no hesitation about advising every
New England farmer TO plant corn for feeling
ppon the farm, and We know very few who have
in the past 50 carefully hus5andei their man
ural resources as not to be sufficiently indebted
to their farms to make it matter Of strict jus
tice FOR them to invest a small amount in some
concentrated fertilizer to give the corn vicor-
Gus start. Such paying Of an ola debt Is after |
all only shrewd investment. for We have rare |
ly known an instance Of such an application, if |
judiciously made, failing to pay, AMI there is no
fear that the land will become " too rich
though many old farmers are hardly willing 70
believe it.
The production Of twenty or twenty-five
bushels Of corn to the acre is very Ike keeping
pig or any other animal in just living condi-
tion without any reference to further growth, III
which case all the feel is a dead loss, Of course
How 10 W. Ple.-NIiIk is the most natural