Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-06-24
Management Of Cows.

Butter, cheese, milk, and meat
form n very large space in the most
important department of sublunary
affairs. aud their full and cheap sup
ply depends essentially on the proper
management of cows.
To begin mt the beginning. every
house. holder should feelan irrerressi-
bic interest in the propagation aud
nerpetnation of good milking mi
nlals. No person las a moral right
~ own or possess good COW except
for The purposes therein set FORTH"
liz: the larp est supply of good milk.
md the increase Of her Species
these II gitimate ends we are bound TO
eek.
First, by breeding from milking
families; .cI upulously rejecting all
males and females not descended from
good milking stock.
Second. by providing young ami.
mails " ith IA snfficiency of the right
~eis are developed Ivy nutritious aud
succuient food, which should he lib
orally supplied from the very start.
A calf that maintains n preearious
existence ON poor hay and straw, and
grows up without care or carrots, can
."arcely make good cow, even If 1t
las good ancestors. aud il well treat.
"d in after lite. There Is no place for
neglect i'm the milk business. All
things require to I've trained and de
relopetl tor their proper sphere.
Third, docility and gooi behavior
are essential characteristics of "a good
COW; they are secured 10y kindness
and familiarity. Farmers should
never neglect their calves, hut use
Them as they do their own families,
Unless they are willing Ia have them
grow up wild and ungovernable.
Cultivate in these eases constant and
KINDLY relations from the very be-
tuning.
Fourth; guard against drouth In
summer and short supplies i'm winter
by securing early good quantity of
;,ran or shorts. These, as we'll az
;eots. pumpkins, apples. and well
preserved corn fodder. are peculiarly
adapted to The production of milk.
Fifth. cut your hay early! Woody
iher II n good thing i'm its place, or
u never would have been sent. but
10 orthodox man has any right to
:,>lieve that il is much adapted to
larry purposes, Cut your hay Just
~ the blossoms fall. Keep it snug
everv night-no rains ard no dew
upon t.Be sure and dry it enough ~
hat IL will keep perfectly sweet.
without mutt. aud he sure and not
Try IL any more than j. nee essary
Sixth. unless n cow II ii reinaI kably
roed breeder let her go farrow, feet
her high and milk her through the
winter. and sell her to the but her !;
10 this as soon AS she begins To fail
hnd while she is profitable to feed for
'eef.
Seventh. consider coed supply Of
good milk IA n necessary of lite, and
never lie without it. Milk can he Sc
cured by having COW come i'm late
IN simmer. or Ivy having one-it
would he the ltoni est-go farrow, and
lhen go to shambles.
Eighth, defufmity and butter are
not i'm sernrablc companions. You
may have u good looking cow that
viii fill your pail quite IA well rs tie
historical "hrimtlle cow with 81 erum-
ME horn" crooked leg. shaggy coat,
lat rib, sloping rump, and irrepressi,
lie back hone.
You may breed quite successfully
for beef purposes, Will. ,ou secure a
good supply IF most excellent milk.
Ninth. let everything he done de
gently, ci"anly, and regularly.
Tenth. provide good, warm, well
ventilated stables aud never omit I"
groom and he'd your animals West
rrR Stock JoarHth.