Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25

a half of milk at a milking. After he had
owned her awhile, and got her wouted to bis
fields and ways, he set her milk by itse one
week in June, and made n pounds Of stuff
that resembled lard.
When we have supplied ourselves with
good butter cows, next in Importance is a
liberal supply Of food at all seasons OF the
year. Do not fail to have a supply Of SOW
ed corn, oats, or something else, to feed at
night in the latter part Of summer and fall,
even if the pasture feed is good. ln com.
pairing notes with other farmers on the yield
of butter per COW, am often met with this
remark "Well, the reason you get more
from your cows is, that you keep them bet
ter, and that is all there is to IT,"
/ should consider it just as sensible. for
one miller to say TO another, the reason you
grind out moro meal in day, is because you
put more grain in the hopper" The. dsirS'
COW is q machine or mill, and this figure ap-
plies to every owner Of cow he either has
a good machine or a poor one; he either
supplies it bountifully with the raw material,
or Sparingly, and receives his profits accord
ingly. Cleanliness is one of the main points
to be observed in conducting dairy. Not
only should the milk aud butter be kept from
actual contact with filth, but from all foul
odors Of barn or house, and here l am re-
minded of remark made by one of my
neighbors a few days ago. have a copy Of
the last dairymcn's report, and | was glad to
SEQ the Importance they attached to the mat
ter Of cleanliness. One Of my neighbors OBJ
served it, When he returned the book he
said that he did not like it, they were too
nice" He noticed in the book that there
was great danger Of the milk passing
through impure air in going from the teat to
the pail. "Whsn a man gets as nice as
that he don't live but short time" But
give me pure air from choice.
The COW is naturally very clean animal
aud never lies down in the filth unless oblig-
ed to do so. ..u| nU
There is room for great improvement in
the arrangement Of our stables, and | believe
the time is near at hand when all intelligent
dsirymen will have their cows as clean in
winter as in summer. .-i
And last, but not least in Importance, is o
uniform, kind, quiet, gentle management Of
all cows and heifers. Any sudden excite
ment like fear, has marked tendency, it has
been shown us, to diminish the flow of milk.
If any farmer has kicking, vicious COWS,
he is responsible for it, Young cows have
natural instinct to preserve their milk for
their young and resist having it drawn from
the udder. Let us overcome this instinct
of their nature by kindness, The COW takes
pleasure in being milked AThen there is q
proper understanding between her and the
mixer | heard o conversation, a few days
ago, between two men one was telling the
other of vicious heifer he had, that he could
not milk, aud he finally was Obliged to fat.
The other, after hearing his story, remarked
that he thought the heifer " wasn't whipped
enough" Whipped enough" said the
other, 81 broke up every milking stool on
the farm, and it didn't see IN to quiet her at
ALL" But still the second man maintained
that the theory was right; ifhc had only been
more thorough, and fought it out on that line
he was sure it would have been success
reflected that this civilized and chris.
tiau land Of ours offers as fair field for mis-.
sionary labor as the Canniba Islands. The
man who has the care of dumb animals, and
feels for them no sympathy, who takes nc
pleasure in their satisfaction and comfort,
loses one of the great enjoyments of farm
life. To him such labor is drudgery, and he
should turn butcher at once.
We read that il ancient times amongst a
barbaric people, tho COW was held as sa'
cred animal of worship; and would that
enough of that barbaric custom might de-
scend upon us to temper down every species
Of cruelty to our domestic animals.