Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-11

A correspondent of the Country Gen
HelaGr, who has tired bran from wheat,
buckwheat, pea meal, and cOrnmeal, says
that for either milk or flesh, clear corn
meal is much the best. He feeds the meal
wet with cold water twice day. He thinks
that it would be still better if scalded be-
fore being fed.
At late meeting of the New York
Farmers Club, correspondent asked
concerning cobs, and whether they are
valuable. Mr.. Carpenter answered, Yes;
but they must be cooked. Dr. Sylvester
remarked that years ago he tested various
sorts of food, and proved that cobs,
ground fine with corn, are worth, say
fifteen per cent. He also remarked that
other experiments convinced him that he
secured the best milk and most cream by
feeding each animal with pure corn meal
at the rate of four quarts a day. For
milk that sold well, he preferred COIN
and cobs ground, and for pro-
ducing the greatest quantity, with
out regard to quality, he preferred buck
wheat. Prof. Nash said-''The value of
cobs must, l think, depend on how the
animal is kept. Two things are requisite !:
food not only rich, but of sufficient bulk
to produce proper distention of the
stomach. If you are feeding with some
thing bulky in itself, probably cobs are of
little help, but if the food is in condensed
form, the case is quite different.
Mr.. Joseph Gray, of Raymond, Miss,
writes to the Southern CUItiUGtor as fol
lows:
"a good Savings bank for all may be
found at home, and if invested in as here
matter described, will pay sure. To make
the story short and plain, shall merely
give the process as now in practice by one
| wOt of. A good COW of common stock,
with calf ten months old had SO dimin-
ished in her daily yield of milk, by LIST of
December last, (without feed) as to give
only about two quarts CT less per day.
EtAbout that time feeding began, the
manner whereof, with the preparation of
the same, is as follows: A common cot
ton basket full of pea bulls, are thrown
| into large bin; upon this is thrown arm
full of shocks, and one bundle of fodder,
| both finely cut on straw cutter; upon
this is thrown one peck of wheat bran.
This is stirred and sprinkled with sailed
water alternately, until the whole mass is
thoroughly mixed and moistened, when il
is packed and weighted down. This is
done in the morning, and is the next days
allowance. By night it is in good case.
Now, after milking, twO-thirds Of
this is given the COW, and the re-
manning third in the morning, dfte1
milking. Besides this, she has all the
kitchen Stops, an arm full of cabbage
leaves at noon, and in the evening three
buckets of fresh water. This COW il
kept in the lot all the time, with shelter
from the rain-is MIXED, as previously
stated, twice a day-and now yields thre'
gallons of milk per day, which for rich
ness, cannot be surpassed, and this at
cost of only twenty cents per day!-th
bran Being the only article used whicI
costs money, and 20 cents is q liberia
allowance for that. Rich milk in winte
is certainly worth 80 cents per gallon, an,
if SO, here is clear profit of one dolls
and thirty cents per day on one cowl o
course labor is not counted, as SIN th
sweat of thy BROW" etc. The COY
alluded to cost thirty dollars, and | ma.
say the owner deems the investment
safe one at least.
GOTTEN do we see heaps of pea hull
! and banks of shucks thrown out to rot
, a nuisance where they lie, and reproac
to the master of the premises. Bette
save them and invest in the cOtU 'sayin
bank
The agricultural editor of the Becker
I erS' Journal vouches for the followin
handed him by friend:
eff you desire to get large yield c
milk, give your cow, three times da.
!, water slightly warm, slightly sailed,
D which bran has been stirred at the rate {
Y one quart TO two gallons of water. Yo
! will find that your COW will gain 25 p
:. cent Immediately under the effects of
i and she will become so attached TO Il
Il diet as TO refuse to drink clear waite
r unless very thirsty, but this mess she w
J. drink almost any time, and ask for NOR
:. The amount of this drink is an ordinar
IS water pailful at each time-morning, moo
II and night. Your animal will then do h
& best at discounting the tactical "