The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-10-22

at the expense Of the quality, with i view
of cheating thy neighbor for thou wilt
thereby be cheating thine own soul, and
stand in constant danger of the penalty
Of the law.
y. Thou shalt not skin thy milk by
taking off the cream that riseth in the
can over night, that thou must have a
little cream for coffee nor by setting it
in pans or other utensils over night nor
by saving 'strippings nor by any other
process; for if thine own sense of honesty
dost not restrain thee, thou shond's con.
stantly have the fear Of the law aud Of
the watchlul eyes Of thy neighbors be fore
thee. 1t is better to save out small
mess Of milk for thine own use.
TO- Thou shalt not commit adultery by
adultcratiug thy milk with burnt sugar,
chalk, soda, salt, or any other ingredient
or compound whatsoever nor by giving
vile stulfs to the COW; nor by any means,
trick, device, or process known or I'M
known to the naturally depraved. The
laws Of the State, the health of the COM
munity, and the lives of the people,
especially those of the little ones, who are
likened unto the kingdom of heaven, cry
out against this objectionable sin.
Under the new dispensaton add the
eleventh commandment
II. Thou shalt love thy nrboro as thy
self, and keep thy Sundays milk at home
for the purpose of making sweet butter
for the use ofthy family, and that the
cheese.maker, and all those who labor
with him in the factory, may rest and
worship according to the dictates of their
conscience, on every Sunday. Thereby
shalt thou meet the requirements Of the
United States, and prolong the lives and
improve the morals of large and in
creasing class of useful citizens.
By faithfully observing these COM
mandments, the dairyman shall keep a
clear conscience, avoid annoying and ex-
pensive prosecutions, retain the respect
of his neigbors, SECURE competency Of
this worlds goods, live a peaceful life,
and in his old age approach the bed of
death like one who wraps the drapery Of
his couch about him, and lies down to
pleasant dreams"
Crying up Cows.
see there is a question raised in the
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN and elsewhere, about
whether COWS should go dry or not. |
think the theory of those VINO advocate
that cows ought to be perpetual mixers
is good. | think it would be very nice
if all my cows would give milk the year
round, Il keep twenty,) and not wear out
too rapidly. do not remember that il
has been stated how much milk COWS
ought to give the last two months before
calving, but l suppose quite mess or i,
would not pay. But there are many
good cows that will 60 dry with all the
good feed they can eat, and there are
some cows whose milk becomes worthless
few weeks before calving. There are
other cows that will give good milk unit
they calve, if it is MIXED away. Blu
will this las. class give more milk in 0
year than they will if made to 90 dry
two months ? think not. But have
never kept record, and SO cannot de.
monstrate it by figures but have hac
some experience. l have an Ayrshire
COW that sometimes gives twenty quart.
of milk per day when in new milk, and il
is difficult TO dry her off. Once through
carelessness in not looking to see wher
she would be likely to calve, she wa,
MIXED right along until she calved. Af
ter calving she did not give more than
three-fourths as much mild as she wa.
accustomed to at such time, both before
and since then. l felt at the time that
lost much in consequence of her not 60
ing dry. Some years ago sold a nice
Ayrshire COW to neighbor; she gave SC
much milk that it seemed to him mat
ter of doubt whether she was with calf
so he MIXED her until about the time she
calved, when she failed to give as much
milk as she was expected to, and Ayr
shire cows were declared humbug
During this state of things l bought the
COW back, and two months before she
calved | did with difficulty dry her off,
and have done SO since. At our last cat.
tie show | entered her as mich COW
and received the first prize; although she
is now fourteen years old, she is an extra
good COW. Three years ago l needed a
new milch COW, and sent my son to buy
one, which he did | was pleased with
her looks, thinking she had all the marks
of a good COW. But in milking her was
disappointed ; | thought her looks belied
her greatly, the mess Of milk was SC
small On inquiry, that she was MIXED
until she calved. This solved the mys.
terry. She went dry about two month.
before she calved next time, and proved
herselfa very good COW.
Before she had her last calf, she did moi
go dry so long--only two or three weeks
and she has not given near as much
milk as the season previous. A short
time ago, while calling on neighbor
he showed me his nice herd of cows, and
called my attention to very nice one
remarking that she would give milk until
she calved if he would milk her, and sta.
ted that once she did not 20 dry much
if any. | asked him how she MIXED then
He said she did not do as well as at Other
times, although she did very well.
do not know as my experience viii
oe of any benefit to others, but if it ex
cites discussion and brings out the knowl
edge Of experienced dairyman, think
good may result from such knowledge
The subject is one of great importance t,
farmers in all parts of our country: for i
will add greatly to the wealth of our lanc
and to every one who keeps one or NOR
cows, if, by good breeding and judiciou
feeding, our cows can be made to give
dig mess for term Of years-say twent,
quarts per day when in new milk AM
/ pauor Lose than Guo -.