Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-10-17
Farm, Garden and Household.
Good Points ornc Cow.

bOo0 OF OOWs
]. Youth. A COW is in her prime at
from four to six years, and the best
paying time to buy is just after the
birth of her second or third calf,
2. Prominence and fullness of milk
veins, and velvety softness OF skin. The
milk veins run down on either side of
the animal toward the udder, and are
easily perceptible to the eye, or can
readily be found by pressure of the
band, if the animal is not over fat. The
skin should be soft and mellow-not
hard, rough and " staring"
8. Symmetry, fullness and softness
of the udder. 1t should be broad,
well spread out, projecting behind the
legs, and also reaching forward under
the belly. There should be softness
and thinness to the touch, and an abb
sence of freshness and thickness,
4. Perfect number and condition
of teats. If one teat is wanting, about
one-fourth less milk will be the result.
A cows udder is not, as some suppose,
barrel with four taps, but is divided
into four different compartments,
termed milk glands" each of which
has its own tap or test 1t is not only
important that the full number of teats
be present and in working order, but
it is desirable that they be we'll placed,
not crowded together, but pretty far
and uniformly apart; rather long and
tapering; all pointing out and down
ward, equal in size and even in appear
ance. a|I fF
5. Docility and quietness of DISPOSE
ton. These are indicated by large,
mild and clear eyes, and an air of con-
tentment generally. A COW that is quiet
and contented feeds at ease, chews her
cud with entire satisfaction, and will
secrete and yield more milk than a rest
less and turbulent animal having SINH
lar milking characteristics in other re-
spects. .
Management of Celery.
The time to take up celery is Just be-
fore hard frosts. Dig trench about
the width of shade and q few inches
deeper than the height of the celery.
The place selected must be high
ground, where no water will be at the
bottom, and where surface water will
not drain into the trench. Take up
the celery on a dry day, and as fast as
dug place it erect in the trench, with
any dirt that may happen to adhere to
the roots, Set the stalks close together
and close to the side of the trench, but
,O4 Al.
is filed, place pieces Of board or scant-
ling across it at intervals of five or six
feet. On these place short boards, five
or six feet long, covering the entire
trench. Then cover the boards with a
good body of straw or leaves, with
boards or earth on top to keep it from
blowing away. The work is then COM
pleted. 20 When celery is needed take up
a length of short boards, and remove
enough celery to Inc cellar to last few
days, and piece it in the coolest part,
covered With earth. Replace the boards
and covering as before. ,' II.
Agricultural Philosophy.
There is no great success in farming
without hard work but it is the good
thinking that costs, not the plodding
alone. 1t is uphill business to go
against the common Judgment of all
your neighbors, but if you are sure you
are right, go ahead, no matter what
they say. The servant is not above his
master in industry ; the farmer must
be able to lead the field and know
whether man is doing good work, and
the workman must know that he knows
what days work is. When I see a
man draining his farm and carting out
notable piles of well-rotted manure
consider him safe. He can borrow
money to make improvements, and the
sheriff will not have to use his hitching
post. a. e.&
40 Destroy Rose slugs.
A correspondent of the Country Gen.
tIenoGn reports that nothing will so
thoroughly destroy rose slugs as wood
ashes. The ashes must be sifted on
early in the morning while the leaves
are damp, the branches being turned
over carefully, so that the under sides
of the leaves, to which the young slugs
cling, may get their share of the sift-
ings. If the night has been dewless, in
order to make the work thorough, first
sprinkle the bushes, and the ashes will
then cling to the slugs, to their utter
destruction. This may be repeated
without injury to the roses as often as
the pests make their appearance.
A Cash Basis.
This is the true basis upon which the
present reform movement among farm.
ers must rest No cooperative move
ment can succeed on any other basis
Cash is the one thing needful. The
credit system will kill beyond any
possible hope of resurrection any co.
operative enterprise. 1t is this thai
has killed them in the past, and will
destroy them in the future. Let Ut
once set out on the principle of paying
for what we get, and doing withou
what we cannot pay for, and success
will ultimately crown our efforts.