The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-17
Earn, Carbon and Household,


Feeding Meal TO CaUln'
The stomach of ruminant animals is
compound organ. 1t is divided into
four compartments. When grass, hay,
orany course food is eaten by the ru-
minant, it passes, after partial masti-
cation, down the esophAgus, or meat
pipe, md is lodged in the ruman, or
first stomach, more commonly called the
puncil. It is retained in this receptacle
or reservoir till tho animal has leisure
to remasticatc II. 1t docs not lie ut
rest, but is constantly stirred up and
kept in motion by the poristaltic action
of the sack that contains it, and is mix.
cd up and softened with mucus; by
this means and by fermentation, pre-.
paration is made for the work of diges-
ton, il it is not in the strictest sense
actually here begun. For the purpose
of remastication, according to Youatt,
it is gradually moved into the second
stomach, n honey-comb bag, and then
by spasmodic motion to the mouth.
After sulllcientmAstication it is swallow
cd again but instead of going back to
the place from which II is raised, or to
the receptacle where it went the first
time it was swallowed, it now goes, nc
cording to the authority Just cited, to
the third stomach, or maniplies, where
it undergoCs further and material
change, and thence to the last division,
or fourth stomach, where the process of
digestion is completed. Though diges-
ton proper is only carried on in the
fourth division OF the stomach, it is
evident that the action OF the other
divisions OF TINT compound organ is
useful to the digestive process or they
would not have been placed where they
arc. That the changes wrought upon
the food in passing through the several
divisions hasten and perfect the actor
of the true Gourth) stomach, can hardly
be questioned,
Land for Cow.
We asked two experienced Wisconsin
dairymen, says FARMERS journal. How
many COWS will good dairy farm o
100 acres support in average seasons
keeping besides only the horses needed
hiht HclHhpHt AGN ubBh W uhG III
whey, &c. One, who has been man,
years in the Alsiness-as this was il
private conversation We do not mention
names-said that on his farm OF thu
size, on which were twenty acres thickl,
covered with timber and worthless 70
pasture, he could keep forty. Til
others estimate was forty also for I'll,
100 acres. or course both included til,
nse of such land MS was necessary TO-
the usual orchard, garden, &C., but no
for the production OF anything for sal,
except tho products of the COW in milk
or the cheese or butter mnde from the
milk. Both of the dairymon to whom
we refer believe heartily in the value Of
sowed corn, believing It cheaper feed
than hay. One says lie would want ont
and half acres of pasture for each cow
to last till after haying. After that time
he pastures tho meadows, and fccdi
green corn fodder, &C., with the usua
pasturngc. The other would have two
and n half acres Of pasturage for cacl
COW for tho whole season, also feeding
corn fodder in the Fall. He so plant
this that while it produces larg,
amount of stalks and leaves, it also
manurcs considcrableluantityo corn
On this feed he relies largely for til,
winter feed.
Feeding for MILK and Butter.