New Orleans Republican., 1875-11-21
Milk for the Rnkers.


Milk for the Bakers.
What some people know about farming is
certainly not worth knowing. Greeley was
| farmer, and so is Beecher Greeley tried
| to get into the Presidents chair and died.
| Beecher is living, but in morally reduced
! circumstances. The agricultural editor
| should know as little as possible about
| farming, He will. then publish everything
| sent to him-rake it in, as it were-and re-
| main on good terms with the scribblers who
write most tiuentlg on subjects they do not
| understand. The editor has only to keep
| up the divisions of his paper by judicious
filling; putting the pen work under the head
| OF CREAM. and his scssorings into ''skim
milk Useful receipts from city cook books
| are very filling; farmers wives always like
to know how things can be made from
| articles they can not buy. Always advise
the farmer to keep out of debt, and then
| recommend the merchant who will give
credit, Throw in something about sheep
| as often as possible, and give directions in
the fall about shearing by machinery. Give
an editorial on the strange coincidence or
fact that the price Of eggs increase when
ever hens stop laying. Do not try to ac-
| count for the coincidence. Go very strong
on cows, and fear no milkman. The St.
| Tammany Farmer has the following article
| on COWS and milk which shows that
through the influence Of city papers farmers
| nj IL
entitled, "What Comes of Reading Agricul-
| tural Papers"
MIR. James took great interest in farm
| ing, although he was not q farmer He
| took particular interest in the Rake Depart.
| ment of the New Orleans Times, and the
| agricultural items of the Bulletin and Pic
| dyu'e, and though he did not have farm
| to experiment on, he constantly tried to in
| duce his farming acquaintance to test
some of his pet ideas.
When Mr.. james read that a number six.
teen knitting needle heated red hot. and
inserted into the teats of hard milking
COW, would change the COW into an easy
mixer, he felt that he had found out what
was needed to change our piney woods gill
COWS into six gallon Alderneys, and became
eager to try the experiment. Now Mr..
James had no COW, but his neighbor Brown
had regular hard mixer, that twenty
horse power was required to milk To
Brown, therefore, did James enthusiastically
explain the process and advantages; but as
Brown had already lost spring crop of
onions and summer crop of turnips by fol-
lowing James advice, he did not embrace
the idea with much eagerness.
He mildly suggested that the COW might
not take kindly to the hot needle, but
James secuted at his fears. Did not the ar.
ticle positively state that the COW would
not mind it! James argued, and Brown
was skeptical; but finally, in sheer despair,
he said that if James would try the expert
ment, he BROWN would furnish the COW
Now James reliance on the agricultural
department of the Times was beautiful in
its child-like simplicity, and without hest
tation he accepted the proposal. Carefully
selecting the right sized needle with q
candle to heat it, he prepared for action
Poor Suke stood quietly chewing her cud,
all unconscious of the coming operation,
As James took his station and commenced
heating the needle, she only slightly turned
James heated the needle, measured the
proper depth of penetration upon it, re-
marking as he applied it that the only dan.
ger was in making the hole so large that
the COW would lose her milk; as he finished
the sentence he applied the needle
from that spot to where James struck the
ground, and the needle, candle and James
hat have not yet lit.
Whether the teat operated upon has been
improved will never be known, for there
lives not the man who dares lay his hand |
on the COWS teats. She even kicked her |
own calfs head off when it tried to suck |
her. James don't talk agriculture much |
since he has recovered, and his friends init |
mate that there will be hot work when he |
meets the agricultural editor that penned |
that article.