Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-26
Cows md Milk.

AZ late messing Of the Massachusetts, State |
BoArd Of Agriculture, sundry topics Of interest
% the farming community we're discussed, and
y mske the following abstract from the report |
y the proeeedinRs in The New England Far
DIR. George b. Lorlng spoke on the subject Of /
breeding and feeding stock. He thought that |
but little progress had been made during the |
past fifteen years. The old theory that like |
produces like, 10 not true. Horses do produce |
horses, pigs produce pigs,cats produce cats, &C.,
but the rule is applicable no farther. Under |
the Old law On rule, you expect TO breed like ]
the parents. |
Every breeder knows that TO produce mala |
fit to breed from is very difficult Not one in |
five hundred Is fit to breed from. The great
value of the ShOrthorns is In the fact that they
produce more valuable males than any other
strain. Horses do not produce animals like
parents. Speed does not reproduce itself The
best looking animals are not always the best
for breeders.
Inferior looking animals often carry stronger
family traits than other that have better yout-
side appearance. Animals are Influenced by
external circumstances. A cruel tyranicai
master cannot raise superior class of animals.
Aicalm, elfpossessed, reliable man, is the one
who will have the highest strains ofanimals In
the world.
The lower in the scale OF moral and intellec-
VIII breed toward perfection. The lazy thought
less, stupid pig breeds more uniformly than the
nervous and more developed trOtting horses.
The short-borns that nave small brains
and not easily disturbed, breed nearer 10 the
standard than those breeds that have been kept
for the dairy. A good dairy COW has u large
brain and Is very sensitive. Such cows do not
produce as good cows as themselves. Mich
COW breeding Is tue more difficult OF all breed
ing. The man who would succeed must pos
sess bis soul in separate piece. Everything
about the premises must be peaceful and quiet.
To produce dairy COW the calfmust be ween-
ed young. Do not let 1t get fat. Make II look
as much like a cow In miniature as possible
Do not feed much meal, or oil meal, or milk
Feed turnips and keep them quiet. Feed for
milk, not beef
Oil meal and cotton seed meal had DESTROY
ed good herd of cows for him. Meal dislurbs
the cow. She should have that food which
most approache, her natural food. Feed
turnips, green corn, and rowen, If you have 1t.
lie spoke very highly of Hungarian grass as
food Tor mich cows. 1t is better than timothy,
cut and mixed with shorts and corn meal
He raised from - to hundred tons on his
farm this year.
Steamed food is not good for cows. 1t calf
t's dyspepsia, He pronounced the noted Tip
tree farm in England a failure. The steam
pipes, the water pipes, and the liquid manure
| pipes are rusting, the barns are becoming un.
! slightly. Indeed, Tip-tree is a bust
The Doct or believes in putting hot water on
corn-stalks, but will not uso steam. Twice a
a day Is oflen enough to feed. Cows must
have time to chew aad digest their food. MIR.
Ellsworth system OF feeding is the true one.
! Hs cows are fed in the morning don't know
what time, as he didn't get up to see,) all they
will eat clean and then again Ia the afternoon .
AT all other times they are quiet Visitors can
| see them at any time. BY good and careful
management, the farmer can build up fami-
ly Of cows that he may be proud of, and Which
| are just as valuable as the herds that can be
imported
During the discussion VIII ch followed, Bella
Stone spoke very favorably OF steaming food for
stock. Tan keep stock of cattle for ten cents
per day iur the material fed Fifteeu cents
viii cOvel all the cost.
Hon. Harris Lewis, speaking on the subject
~ milk, SAID lie had had something to do with
milk all his days, but sometimes thought he
did not know much about it. Milk contains
about s8 per cent water, and the remaining IL
per cent, solid matter, is composed of butter
cheese, sugar, and little earthly matter II
seems strange that an article of food contain.
ing so much water should be SO valuable
1t is capable, alone, Of sustaining a person &
life from the lay of his birth TO his death. nc
the cheapest food known 10 us to-day. The
csst OF preparing 1t is all wiped out. 1t con-
1aiDs no waste, no bone, aud yet has sufficient
bone material III ii. He considered the total
value of the milk crop Of the United States
was not less than five hundred millions Of dol
lars annually.
these Rsufes, II was because farmers a" and far
mers' wives, when questioned by the censu.
: takers, suppose that the census had something
TO do with taxes, and do not give in full re-
port OF what they raise, or the marshals are In
competent 10 transact the business put in thei
hands. They are often careless or Indifferent
AT least, it is so in Iierkimer county.
: He spoke Of the specific gravity OF milk, an,
} some people add TO the weight Of milk by d.
P lutins it with water. Water mixes 81 natural
D ly with milk that the temptation is too strOni
: to bear.
= The cheese factory system has dcvelope
7 roguery. Every association has one lilac
sheep ia the flock. Men whom lie would hay
1 trusted with his pocket book, have watere
D., their milk. He would explain, however, this
= ifhe had trusted them with his pocket-bool
{ lie would not have much money left in il.
c He next spoke Of the lactometer, and sal
the New York Courts had tried to establls
. this as a test Of milk, which would have bee
great mistake, as the weight of milk does II,
determine It's value The lactometer does vel
. well as sentinel 10 hang at the entrance Of Il
ioctoiy. as a warning TO patrons The hydr
meter, IN sklltIl hands, will test the value
milk.
: Sometimes fishes have been found in Il
4 milk brought TO the factory. This is We,
/ strong piesumptye evidence Thinks WHIT
!, milk Is being watered the rogue 10 more like
At to be looking up and down the road, TO see
any body is in sigh! than at the water, so a Ii
tie fish might easily escape notice. One lit
n boy accounted for the fish by saying that ''pa
~ cows run in pasture where there Is a broc
'e with lots Of fish IN it, and the cows alwa
Il drink in it,"
,r The factories have uuoptco pure milk iro
No. our native mixed herds as standard.
an milk comes to the factory adulterated, ii
IN tested by that standard. The hydromet
=, will show just how much water must be a
- ded to pure milk, to make it as poor as L
sample.
~ Milk comes 10 us loaded with the germs pl
III pared for its own destruction. These putt
IL. factive germs can be retarded or fastened
~ their growth, and they can be killed, by hei
w ing to PIP degrees.
n Freshly drawn milk also emits all amin
~ odor. This Is worse in unhealthy than
au healthy cows. Few people relish new m
ny when just drawn.
OIL This animal odor has Caused consideral
trouble. We used to think 1t was a gas, L
~, nave hau 10 give up That idea. The best dec
as orlzer Of milk is pure air. We used p
at mNn sinai hoies III the potion, through WIN
we the milk is poured into the milk cans. T
wo milk falls several feet through the air in SIN
,r- streams, aud in this way, is thoroughly deod
il lied. II is first strained through cloth, belt
ct. it enters the perforated pail. Never mrate IN
IA. IN the stable or where the air Is impure,
It may be made worse. The pure air Of heav
,, Is Just what is wanted. lie had made ma
| a % In
Wv, three lots of milk that were all exactly alike
"s No /. He aired aud coded down to 81
"a, grees.
N. No = Was shut up in n can at 9S degre
he OF Inc natural temperature Of fresh milk, a
II exposed 10 the heat Of the sun las milk is expos