River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-27
Driving Cows os,hetr Milk.

Cows are not frequently injured late in
the season b. CONTINUING the milking into
winter, and by drying them off y in al
imperfect manner. Cows, TO do their best,
should not only have an abundance of nu-
tritious food, but they should be kept strong
and in vigorous health A cow that has
been MIXED from the LIST Of March until the
LIST of December, and is again looming in
milk" on the LIST of March, requires to be
dried off as speedily as can be done without
impairing heath or doing injury to her ud-
der. As winter weather approaches cows
in milk are susceptible to cold, and unless
fed with meal or some concentrated food in
addition to what hay they will take, they
get thin and weak--the drain from contiual
milking, and the burden of carrying Their
Young, are more than can be safely imposed,
if their future usefulness is TO be insured.
All dairy cows, when practicable, should
have respite from yielding milk from two
and half to three months previous to drop
ping their young. Nature demands this
time for recuperation and the production OF
healthy offspring. 1t has been suspected,
and apparently with good reason, that the
habit Of milking COWS far into winter and
up ~ within a few weeks of calving, as
been one leading cause of abortions nov so
prevalent ia some of the old dairy districts
Of New York When it is considered that
cows late in the fall and during early win
ter get no extra feed, and are kept upon
coarse fodder or hay alone, while this exces.
1--WE drain ON their vitality is going on, and
especially at time when they are more or
less subjected to cold and the inclemencios of
the weather, we may very reasonably con-
clude that nature is unequal to the strain
and hence the trouble referred to- IL Is
true some animals are very difficult to be
dried Of their milk, and are inclined 10 yield
it up TO the time Of calving. When such
cases occur, it should always lie a rule TO
commence early with generous diet, and by
no means allow the animal 10 lose flesh.
The cost of wintering COWS is much less.
ened il they go into the harm, at the COM
mencement of the foddering Sc son, in good
condition, but if they are thin and weak
at this time they will require much more
! food 10 bring item through the winter
There is nothing like a good coat OF flesh
and vigorous health 10 Withstand cold and
the rigors Of our Northern climate. When
cows are kept upon hay and MIXED through
/ the greater part Of the winter they are
/ lily prepared 70 resist disease, and are liable
20 meet with accidents which ondangcr life
or from which their Usefulness is seriously
/ impaired and perhaps may be destroyed ale
together, but which would not have occur-
red had the animals been strong aud well
cared for.
! We are convinced that very grave mis-
takes are not unfreqnently made by dairy.
men in late and excessive milking Of dairy
cows. II is short-sighted policy to push an
animal beyond her natural capacity, for ma
ture will have compensation one way "
another, and il comes often with fearful in.
terest.-X H. Willard, IA Ncr Yorker
Household Recipes.
PLUM Pin Either fresh fruit or the
fruit that has been canned can be used. II
the latter, the plums should not hlFe been
entirely ripe when bottled. IN the center
Of a deep earthen pie-dish insert tea
cup. and fll the dish with the fruit--if
fresh, adding about the quantity Of sugar %
make them sweet enough, and very small
quantity OF molasses. M0isten the edge %
the dish with cold water, and place around
the edge a narrow strip Of the pie-crust'
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