Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-10-27

Apples for Cows.

Some persons withhold apple, from
cows because the eating Of them some
times occasions dryin" up Of their
milk. An immoderaie gorging of fruit
by halfstarved animals will undoubtedly
produce this result, but a rational and
systematic feeding OF them will not
One might as well DENY oat. corn and
water 10 horses. because when taken To
excess they do injury. Sweet apples.
regularly fed TO mich cows. al the rate
Of about six quarts. morning and night
during the Fall and Winter. viii pro-
mote their general health and increase
the quantity and quality of their milk.
II would be good economy for farm.
er< to graft over some of their old trees
with such frnit. and 10 plant "A portion
OF their new orchards with the same.
The kinds wanted are. not the fine
grained and delicate sorts. -uch a. are
suitable for the table. but rather those
which are rich. dry and firm Those
do not bruise much in gathering and
storing, they kept better and are more
nutritious than the nicer and more ioice
varieties The black Giiliflower. a. an
example is excellent for feeding on; late
i'm the Spring. Probably there are
MANY native sorts throughout the coun-
try. which are abundant bearers. good
keepers. and of the right quality. An
that is wanted i series of experiments
10 test them, and a report OF the same
through the papers and the genealogical
societies.
Did any of orr readers ever reflect
how easily and cheaply an annual crop
Of such apples can be raised: We have
lately seen an estimate, carefully m3de.
which allows ten bushels 10 a tree for
productive sorts, aud amounting 10 400
bushels per acre. Fifty dollars was al
lowed for the cost of land. and ten dol
lars for fifty trees and the iransp laniing
She land was TO be cultivated. and the
crops from il preserved to pay tile in-
,eresi and the cost Of cultivation until
tle trees came into bearing. Admiftino
the bearing orchard to cost $50 90 and
the liIage 2l0.O0, annually, the yearly
crop cost $3.50. at per cent Interest
or less than four cents bushel. Isn't
that cheap! Can any other crop be
raised as easily and economically:
The following are recommended bv
the author of the Fruit Culturist. a.
s.uong me best feeding: The High-
Ton or Summer !Saceet. for early feed
lng: The lbuasOn Sreeting, the Husk-el
Street, Pam pkia Street. the Street Pear
main. the Wing Sweeting, and the
Greer .S,ceet, for Fall aud Winter.
Tina. apples are excellent for fattcning
haas, aud Us Fall and Winter feed for
igis2s and other stock, we need not
speno tirae in proving. Some even
saaers THAI for horses they are equal to
oats. This we do not maintain In
feeding apples to cows, il is the safest
<Fay 30 ca or mash them, to prevent
TIC possibility OF choking the animals.
How LYLE LAND WILL KEEP A COW:
- correspondent, sends the following
ad.niTacle statement: wish to give
.:.e le.u.. OF ana experiment in soiiipg.
On til Ii day o. June last 1 commenc-
*. citing clover for one COW confined
iaa " ilciosed by high tight board
fence, T.isl !. stable attached in which
sha h. been feed. She has had no feed
but freshly cus clover from the LIST of
June 70 the 18th Of October, and all