Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-10-08
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farm anb houseboIn.
Leaks in the Dairy.

Hon. Harris Lewis who knows a. much
about da.rying a most men. read recent
lecture on the above subject. which We
find condensed in the Country Gentleman
a. follows
The first he would allude TO was the
manner OF driving the cows 10 aud from
the pasture. Many d4irymen suffer ia c
cow 20 be driven by dogs. and not unfre-
gucnily through close and muddy bar
way. where permanent injury TO the cows
was ofen caused By :heir crowding and
hooking each other. Boys are sometime
allowed 70 drive them with stones and
sticks. often soaring them into a run. lie
would prefer well trained shepard dog
L" any bo, he ever saw. Carelessness in
driving COWS caused leak of from ten TO
ni;een per cent.
= Time and manner OF milking Here
j "a BIZ leak. No rough man. who storms
or yeis at the COW. should be allowed in
the yard. The COWS should be MIXED by
the clock. Each man should have his own
COWS. and always mix No. first. and y o
next, and so on. Il viii not do 10 milk
Polly first and Sally last In the morning
and Sally drst aud Polly last at night
MILK quickly and gently, without any ex.
element. The COW, will give more mil X
and more readily.
3. Care in fcediug.-It is important no,
only To provide good and sufficient food
ana bfa I'll q a.
is delayed, the cows become impat lent,
and fret like hungry child.
l. Kind OF stock.-A great leak is caus.
ed by keeping poor cows. Every da Try
man has to keep mich cows that do not
pay for their keeping. Has had cows In
his herd that made 700 pounds of cheese
in a season. while others ia the same herd
gave 10 more than 207 pounds. We
should select our herd with great care
and then endeavor TO improve IT, We
must raise our own dairy cows. The ma.
tive COWS are best to start with, If selected
tor their milking qualities. Then get a
good thoroughbred bull OF the breed W.
desire. and be sure that he comes of Z
good milking family Of the breed.
We should raise 10 per cent. every year
That is, in dairy of 30 cows, we should
raise five heifer calves and when they
come in. turn off five of the oldest and
poorest cows. His own choice of breed /,
decidedly the Durham unless the pastures
are poor, in which case he should prefer
beef, and if COW fails to be a good
mixer. she can be sold to the butcher at
good price Two years ago there were
1900 cows sold in the fall at an average Of
sl3. which cost $50 each the previou:
spring. The cheese from each COW cost
30 cents a pound, when il was sold for IA
cents. This is bad leak.
.. Letting hay get over-ripe.-This is a
great leak. He would cut the grass VIII ell
the first timothy blossoms appear, and SC
with clover. If you do not commence
as early as this. the last hay cut will be
over ripe. Feed the early cut hay to the
cows as soon as they come in. 1t is be
ter than grain.
6. Kinds of grass.-Farmers are as
welded to timothy grass and clover, as
Ephraim was to his idols. They kill the
native grasses by blowing the land, and
then insist on making timothy and clover
grow where the soil is not adapted for
them This is leak equal to feeding a
hog with a hole in the trough.
I. Drainage is destined to work
greater revolution In our grass land than
all other things combined. The loss sus-
tanned from the want of drainage cOnsti-
tutes one of the worst leaks.
s. Poor help to make butter and cheese.
Better abandon the business If We can