Connecticut western news., 1873-04-04
Farm, Garden and Household.
Cost of Keepinw Cows.

istry, gives the cost of keeping twelve COWS as follows:
 "We find that the twelve COWS con- sume in twenty-four hours 212 lbs. of | good upland hay, 60 lbs. of corn and | meal, and 40 lbs. of fine feed. They | drink 120 gallons of water, which is 10 | gallons to each COW. The cash value, at the ba,n, of hay consumed ($30 the | ton) is s. IS, and the meal and feed cost $2.05. The aggregate cost of the food consumed each day is therefore $5. 23." That is, the cost per day for each COW is 43 7-12, where good hay is $30 per ton. His calculations are made at his farm at Lakeside, Haverhill, Mass, where he comes to the conclusion that it is not profitable to raise milk, pure milk, for sale, at 5 cts. quart at the barn, as he shows thus:
 "The total quantity of milk obtained, averaging the products of twelve days, is 96 quarts per day. The price of milk to milkmen, at the barn, is 5 cents per quart, which gives the aggregate value of the products in cash $4.SO. This consumed by the herd for COWS exceeds the cash value of the products by 43 cents each day, or in other words, the actual cost is 43 cents 8 day, not esti- mating the expense of taking care of the animals, milking, and other expenses incident to herd of cows"
 Referring to the above estimate, the Mirror & Farmer of Manchester, New Hampshire, says that with hay at about $35 per ton, it costs plump half dollar day to keep Jersey COW, or any COW of large size of other breeds. We would like to see a comparative statement of cost of subsisting dairy COWS in the blue grass region.
 Treatment Of the Boys.
 Somebody says I have a recipe to offer. It is a compound, being compos- ed of several ingredients. It is an ex- cellent remedy, and when properly ap- piled, has an amazing good effect upon farmers boys, keeping them at home in the evening when they ought to be there, and making them better than any other place on earth. Here are the in- gredients
 l. Treat them as partners with you. Give them to understand that they are interested in the success of the farming operations as much as you are yourself. 2. Converse freely with them. Get their opinions, and give them yours. II dG ehl QEuOouI, udho uSo OA Iuo1E plans, and when you think your own adopt theirs. Don't keep them alto gether in the dark with reference to your plans for the future.
 3. Don't require them to stay at home in the evenings all the time. When there is any meeting or entertainment from which they might receive benefit, he sI1re to let them 0o
 4. Provide them with plenty of good books and papers ; especially referring to agriculture. Let them be well post ed in their own business-farming.
 5. Never scold them because they don't do their work or attend to the , business of the farm as well as you do. Encouraee them.
 G. Give them holiday now and then. They look for it, and they need it and it will be better for you and them to let them have it.
 Other ingredients may with safety be added, but the above are of infinite i'm portance, and should never be omitted. Farmers, try my recipe it acts like a charm.
 Treating Manure.
 MT. von Horskyfeld, owner of large landed estates in Bohemia, has since 1854 introduced a method of treating the accumulating stable manure which differs from the usual process, and for which he claims many advantages, viz economy of time, space, feed and bed ing, great saving of money, and of hands, and no necessity for such con- trivances as cellars, tanks pumps, etc. also, far better product, no loss oc- curing from evaporation and rot l; and finally, decided improvement in the condition of the cattle-yards, which never show any trace of manure, either solid or liquid. He says all these fav- orable results are obtained in the fol, lowing way: The manure is not remov. ed from the stable until it reaches the height of five feet; the straw for bedding Is cut into lengths of about five inches, and thus more readily absorbs the liquid portion, and facilitates the distribution of the manure in the furrows. The entire mass is constantly compressed by the weight of the animals, and there. by kept moist, while air and consequent putrefaction are excluded. After about three months this manure is carried tc the field and immediately covered il the furrows, where itreadi1y decomposes and yields all its strength to the soil 4u11J uOuO4O 4bS Nh1u6, dCCOTO1QS to MT. von Horskyfeld's experience Besides this, the air in the stables ii never tainted by exhalations iniuriou to the health of the cattle.
 Sugar Making.
 In Q paper read before the Farmers meeting at Bethel, Vt., MT. D. Tolles of Royalton, said: In regard to tn manufacture of maple sugar there ar several facts of importance to be con sidered, to produce good article tha is maple sugar in something beside name.
 1st. The right kind of soil where tn trees stand, that of 8 light color to b preferred over dark as the sugar will b much winter. do not pretend to UT derstand the reason of this, but kno, 1t to be so, from experiment.
 2nd. Tapping the trees, about whic there are different opinions. I use half-inch bit, and Posts patent spou with hook for hanging the bucket, whic consider the best spout ever saw i use.
 3d. Cleanliness in all the arrange ment. I think tin buckets are muc better than wooden ones, but in eithe case they must be clean and sweet, 6 must the holders, pans, and finally a utensils used.
 4th. The sooner the sap is converte into sirup or sugar, (without burning after it runs from the trees, the petite:
 9th. The sap should be straine before boiling, to take out all twig leaves, etc; also, after it reaches tI stage called sirup, to fit it for the suga ing-of Flannel for strainers is muc the best.
 Care of Young Ducks.
 I take three boards about foot wid and make yard either square or tr angular shaped, and put the hen an