The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03
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KENOSHA, WIS, APRIL Sd, 1878.
FARMER,s COLUMN
wHEN sHouLD COWS COME IN ?

question, When ahould COWS come In to
give most milk in a year? correspond
emit of the L6Ue StOob Journal, of New
York thus reports:
The question was asked, and mos CT OF
the members answ cred, middle or last
of April, or just before grass comes into
full bite.
FIR. CLARK thought ifthe cow came in
Winter and was fed well till grass came,
she would give more pounds eff milk
during the year than if she came in on
grass: but in discussing the question of
profit, the extra amount of feed required
for Winter would have to be taken into
account,
MIR. Stewart said his experien ce upon
this question had surprised him He
had supposed that cow coming in on
grass and being well fed for the usual
period OF milking would give more milk
than if she came in during the cold sea-
son. Had tested it on several COWS,
and in every instance the same cow gave
more when she came in during January
than in April or May HE'S milkinga COW
now that came in, January 10, 1871, and
gave 6,297 pounds in $40 days. She
came in last April 9th, has given in
25S days 4,271 pounds of milk, and is
giving now eleven pounds per day bat
if she should give eight pounds average
for forty'two days mere, she will still
fall 1871 pounds short of her production
when she came in in January, and..s he
! has been fed higher dnring this than
the previous season. This COW has In
two previous instances shown as great a
difference in favor of coming in during
Winter; and with four other cows he has
found the same rule to hold. From his
experience he believes mere batter can
be made from the same COWS when they
come in IN Fall or Winter than in April
or May. But they must be well fed dur
. ing milking time in Winter, and then,
on grass in Summer, they will fall but
little below those that came in n Spring.
mr. Irish had COW that came in in
November, 1871, and had given milk
eYer since. She made pound of butter
per day the fret Winter, aud she Is now
MIXED with another cow that came in
early last March; together they give
thirty punds per day, and make ter
and one half pounds of butter per week.
They are both coming in again the latter
part of March next. He has found it
profitable to feed cows for milk in Win
ter. IA
CHEAP GATE
The gold practice of building farm
gates with heavy four by-four scantling
for pests and end pieces, and oak boards
riveted together, tenoned, etc, causing
an expense of from three to five dollars
gate, and an everlasting trouble to
keep the gate when hung from ssgging,
I long since abandoned. AS substitute,
and as forming a gate that has never
sagged for ten years, take FIVE pieces
of inch boards, each ten feet long, one
eight inches wide for the bottom strip,
and each of the others four inches wide.
/ then take one piece four inches wide
for one end upright, and one piece eight
inches wide for the end piece where
the hinges ought to be. These strips
are foar eet.Iong, that being high enough
for any gate for ordinary purposes. Now
lay down your end pieces, then place
the eight-lnch-wide and ten-foot-long
strip for the bottom, nail it at each end
to the upright with wrought nails; now
take three Of the four-inch wide strips
and lay them on parallel with the bot
tom Of one, dividing the spaces so as tt
leave four inches between the lower tive
bearde.and six inches each space between
the upper ones. nail SO before. Now
turn the gate over, and take the remain
ing strip, layit at an angle from the
bottom, at the hinge end, to the top a
che latch end. cut it SO that it will fit il
and Jap close to lifelong strips; nail it
Now hang the gate with strong hinges
and you have gate that is light an(
will not sag, and just as Fperfect protec
4;o,, oo,o;,et cattle as eone made by tn