Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-08-23
:. One-half a bushel of timothy il

woody. One-half Dusnel OF umotny Is
not too much to seed per acre.
The famous Oaks COW, besides sucking
calf five weeks, produced from April 9th
to September 18th, $50 lbs. of butter. The
Vermont COW produced from Dec. 4th,
1864, to April 4th, 1866, 504 lbs, of butter,
which sold for $23450 These cows were
both good sized and native breed.
1t has been proved that as much butter
| can be obtained from hay in winter as from
grass in summer, provided it be cut early
and properly cured. Cows should be fed
with hay three times, watered twice and
| kept in the barn in winter when not exer
cising. Great care should be taken that
they be fed and watered regularly. Since
hay must be cut early in order to retain
the greatest amount of nutritive material,
the best New York dairy farmers cut first
between June Sth and 25th A second
cutting is made in August, and sometimes
a third in September. Cows are often in
| jured by being fed upon concentrated food.
Coarse fodder should be fed with meal,
bran, &c, so as to make it equivalent to
early cut hay. There is gain in cutting
and cooking the feed, over common hay, of
about one-third. An experiment was al
luded to in which there was cost of TWEEN
ty-nine cents for cooked food, for each COW
per day, and to all appearances the former
lot was in much better condition every
way. Steaming renders mouldy hay, peas,
beans, turnips, &C., sweet and nutritious.
Instances were referred to where eight dol
lars were saved each year for every COW by
cooking the food.
A COW should not drop her calf in the
stanchion but should be let loose in an in
closure, and left to quietness. Bran mash
mixed with tepid water acts very favora-
bly, for the expulsion of the afterbirth-
Some prefer that the cows come in in April
!, and May rather than in February OIL
March. Should the cows come in as early
as March something besides ordinary hay
is required. Beans are used in England
as feed for cattle but are not much used il
America Grains rich in albuminous mat
: ter make excellent food for mich cows
Rye, oats and buckwheat contain IA pc
, cent. albuminous material and are only
excelled by peas and beans. A mixture
| of barley and oats or of peas and oats is
: good feed. Corn meal is Objectionable
f from its heating qualities. Bran with GA
meal produces the best of results. Cow
| when first turned into grass in the sprinj
! should be allowed to remain only for fey
: hours at a time Salt should be accessible
r to the animals. Do not supply at inter
walls as some would be likely to overfee
f while others wouldnot get enough. With
t out salt the milk becomes scanty and c
: poor quality. Salt is most needed in tn
: spring when the grass is young. In
Q drought there is falling off of milk i
d quantity, indicating that water is needed
Cows, * need be, should be induced t
J, drink Mil, contains about 81 per cen
: of water. By inducing moderately a co,
g to drink freely, several more quarts of mil
n may be obtained without making any spa
e cial change in the quality.
h The quantity Of water drank by cow
2 in general an index Of her milking quail
+ ties. The method Of inducing cows {
: drink, however, should not be pushed 5
h as to deteriorate the quality of the mill
d Frosts affect the grass to such degrt
> that it is not good plan to keep COWS
! the pasture without additional food aft,
At the first hard frosts. Itrequires one-fourt
d more food to winter COW if she come
vs. the barn in poor condition, At no 9th,
Q. season of the year is so much care needle
" as in late autumn and so little care exc
ID cised. Barns should be warm and We
10 ventilated and by so constructing them
Is to secure these two conditions a larl
v amount Of food viii be economized.