Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30
Care of Stock.

Though We gave brief epitome Of Mr.
Taylor's statement at the time, we now pub.
lish it in full that our readers may see how
carefully a successful farmer manages hi,
stock. Too many farmers leave their stock
to "shift for themselves" during the winter
and then wonder they do no better.
Mr.. A. II. Taylor, superint endent Of the
Vermont stock farm, now onwed by Col
Canon, being called on by the secretary,
gave short account of the manner in which
cattle are treated aud tended at that farm
And FIRST, he wished it distinctly understood
that the object sought was not to spend but
to make money from the farm, and that they
might know just what they were doing, an
account had been opened with each separate
lot on the farm. Are now keeping COWS To
increase the fertility of the land. The ami.
mails are all treated with the utmost kindness.
Every man who speaks harsh word to the
cows is discharged forthwith. Had recently
discharged two men, and it had n good.
wholesome effect. The COW is a timid ami.
NAL naturally, but all the cows in our yards
can be handled anywhere aud by aaybody
They know no fear of man. He had been
interested in the lecture by the professor
upon parasites. In November and February
he washes every animal on the place thor.
oughly with wash made Of tobacco stem tea
and carbolic acid, using an ounce and half
OF the latter to ten quarts of the former.
The hair and skin are completely saturated
and every insect is destroyed, after which,
the COWS can lie quietly in their stalls. Cut
hay, slightly wet with warm water. is fed
mixed with bran and meal and no more is give
each animal than it will eat up clean three
times per day, and by the clock every
time, at and i q. m, and at 5 p. m.
The cattle now eat, on the average, %
pounds hay, 3 pounds bran, and l
pound meal per day. The hay costs $40
per ton, bran S25 and meal $50 They are
watered twice day. The stable is partly
under ground, is well ventilated, and the COWS
are kept as clean as in summer when at pas
ture. The temperature OF the stable is never
more than q degrees below freezing, even
when 20 degrees below zero outside, aud the
highest point reached inside is only 10 de.
grees above freezing. 10 pleasant weather
water in the yards, if stormy, water is given
in the barn in pals. Our COWS, said the
speaker, never open their mouths to call or
speak for any thing Their wants are all
supplied as soon as felt. Fifty head, in all,
arc kept, few thoroughbred Durhams but
Gostly high grades. Are experimenting with
four heifer calves, two shorthorns one grade
shorthorn, aud one Jersey. They have al
ways been well fed, aud arc in fine condition,
but the Jersey, although much smaller than
either Of the others, eats the most of any one
in the lot. They average about nine pounds
of hay, and one pound of grain per day, the
grain being one.tourth meal and three-fourths
bran. We are taking this method Of guess.
ing at the fact that shorthorns can be grown
and kept as cheaply as Jerseys He believed
there was now as much as $50 pounds differ
encc in the wight of the Jersey, and one of
the shorthorns. A gentleman IN the audi
ence added 100 pounds to Mr.. Tayor's
statement. Not pound of uncut hay has
been fed during the past two years; could
not brag much about results yet, as it takes
time to get herd Of good mixers. They
cannot be bought but must be grown up.