Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-07-31
AariGnltMral.

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THE MANAGEMENT or THE DAIRY.-Ezra is
Michiner recently read the following before the es
SALISBURY Farmers Club, ofBucks County, Pa: :
would select large, well-deVeloped, GOOD
milking Durham cows and cross them with an \,
good mixers. would like the calves intended
to be raised TO be dropped about the first Of Jan.
| uary and allowed to remain with the cav until
| her milk was fit for use; then taken away and i,
well fed, as right here Is the management OF
the dairy more clearly shown than at any other
| period Of the animals existence. If II were
possible TO select two calves that were equal at
| birth In their milking capacities and subj eel
one OF them to the common treatment OF forcing
it to pick Its living In the barnyard for six
care, the latter would return at least six pounds
OF butter to the others four, for the first year
OF milking, and would always be the better
COW. Give the calves The benefit Of good sta
bles with liberal allowance of good hay and,
in addition from pint to quart Of corn mea'
and bran night and morning through the winter
season, and you will find that at two years OLD
' you have hefer ready TO yield YOU band
l some profit on the care taken. If thiscour
is adopted the heifer should come In profit al |
quietly to the milking process. The heifer |
il should be very carefully MIXED as her future
n usefulness depends in great measure on her
a yield for the fist year.
We will now suppose that the farmer has as
q many cows as he thinks il best to keep, anu
that he has selected them to the best of his abil
A, n.y. The proper time for cows to come IN
re- profit considerto be In De cember or January,
a as calves are then high and butter brings good
price, anu you have in q measure iresh cows
I'd twice year-when the calves are taken away,
and when tie cows are frat turned to pasture
IL IL they come III much later In the season you
a. are forced TO feed literally in the fall, when
e pasture begins TO fail, and when the cows VIII
I'd not pay for the extra feed in order to keep them
milking as long as they should. Every farmer
he should give each COW fair trial and If sue VIII
no MOI make pound of butter per day, do Win
al her as the old lady did, who was trying TO sefl
re acow' and when the question was asked us
she good oney" replied, 81 keep no othe.
"a kihd' his was considered satisfactory and
n the COW purchased, but upon trial was found 10
De worthless. The purchaser in his indignation
Ter returned and accosted the good woman tpus !,
60 " thought you told me that COW was gooI
i one "ol, no! you are mistaken. only SAN y
In l kept no other kind; neither do l, Tor Wheh
e. nave poor one sell her as did this one 10
,ad you" While do not favor the above plan
i'm "ouiu certainly falten such q COW ana sen hei
10 ihe butcher. 1t costs but very little more tc
nd Keep good cow than poor one therefore VIZ
nee should use all our best Efforts TO nave eooo
An ones.
The winter feeding OF herd Of cows so a
!. TO make the dairy paying investment requires
considerable skill. You may iced 100 inuci
and impair the digestion, or not enough to sup
five port the cow and make her produce GOO
lere yield of milk The latter error Is decidedly TN
the most common, but think great improvement
tied has been made within few years in the feed
got Ing OF Dllk cows. A cow is simply a machin
,een Tor converting food into milk, and II the ieed
Fort not supplied with liberal hand the milk wi
sh'@ fiil Tar short OF the proper quantity JUST nov
day much to feed COW is a question which cauno
and be correctly answered IN every case. The DAIRY
/; men should be able TO discern at glar'
owed whether his cows have enough TO cat, or the
lie are led too much. Some cows that are nary
by mixers for any length Of time m1st nav
nous good digestion, require quantity OF 1oou Ina
ding would frighten some Of those who think COZ
es of should give large quantity of milk by eatl
irted straw and corDfodder. Cows should always
igers IN good condition, that is about hall iat the
than all they eat does not go to repair the waste
the the body, but you will find satisfactory amour
nong OF 1t in the pail have i'll my herd four Gov
ping that will do better on a feed Of ten quarts
lie day than on smaller quantity, but they a
lum- large cows and good ones. Corn meal III
and wheat bran consider the best feed, IN the pr
cted portion Of two Of the fomerto one OF the latt
ale by measure. In connection with the gram
uni COW should have all the good hay she VIII e
APP morning and night, with sheaf OF rornfoda
bath noon. Roots Of soue kind should be fed
him least three times week DAILY would be better
avest AS they tend 20 keep in a healthy conc
rawn tlOn. prefer potatoes for the reason that III
ulcus cIn he raised with less trouble than carrots
btets. Turnips Should be sown around
me ~ edge OF the cornhed and will sometimes prouu
rn,IJ very well and the cost will be but uli1inS
A an cold or stormy weather the cows should oe k'
funds AXE : ony peiis ou. ,vns IF the Ja
would Jnn,d - 1.ial., -, rn II, a or,
yable - po oh sne eohul'ion VI .NI - aao,nra
.o,nn will be found most advantageous and the DIAL
;, LIZ man should always have a quantity Of gre
roor, feed for his 10 fall back upon If from
ava chance he may need 1t, for If the cowsfail
- S their milk on account of scarcity OF pasture
You'll failure is not very easily renedied.
litude Two quarts of cornmeal and bran should
ar Of fed night and morning, in addition to the
or the ture, and continued as long as the COW '
mayer yied'a sufficient return for this extra feed
that Milking should be done as quietly as p
tiated sible and by the same person. The treaiin
me OF If COW greatly influences her yield If milk
the IL she is knocked about and shouted at she is
evans, fear when any one is near her. l have 81
ny at people go to milk and If cow stepped lit
him. beat her with stool or kick her with hei
lg the boot, perhaps to her permanent injury.
nature cow persists in kicking, after mild measu
note have been fully tried two or three smart sro
Is, but with light hickory will very often prove hi
d, the ly beneficial. Care must be taken, howe'
ty ex- not to continue this treatment until the c
ried at begins to act In self Defence fuel is only
ars in ded TO the flame. NO loud noise should be
Sub dulged in near the COW, and man, who,
OPEN something vexes him, vents his anger on the
street, mal, is not fit 10 be dairyman.
corner A COW, after she has come TO her best I'm
ali lie the above treatment should make 2VO pou
ds lie of butter year, after fattening her calf, to
could worthy piace on the contihueu iol' W II
honest very prucuiar attention mas oeeI pau W
to average $50 pounds each, with individ
cases running as high as 800 pounds. AS
mes re- pounds is about the average any person VIII
Known suilciehliy interested 10 the garry business
es- very easily ascertain Tor hlmsei what couis
lived adopt
ly dis
ut that