Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-21

COWS varied all the way IRON $40 to SD rer
aunum, 6 difference that it is worth while tor
US to take somc notice CT. Were VIC all pos
sessed of a sufficient amount Of capital to Work
with We might soon solve some of these ques-
tious, bat as most OF Us arc 10 limited clrcum'
Stances, We have to move cautiously In making
experiments, and We ought to avail ourselves OF
all the benefits to be derived from the expert.
eoce of others, aud, alter careful reading OF
such articles as have been able to obtain, com.
pared with the experience Of my DelghboTs and
nv OVID, | have arrived at these conclusions
That for butter dairyiug We ought to select
| from our native stock, s0ch IS we raise or
can purchase, those having points or de-
| yelopments best adapted for the purposes
| for which they are designed then, by a
| iudcious crossing with the Jersey and Devon,
we shall attain the object for which we arc
striving, always selecting for raising cllves
| from COWS having marked characteristics; it
| was by practice similar to this that what is
known as the Cream Pot Breed of New York
aud New England originated Where the ob.
iact is the development OF qualities bes! adapted
for milk dairy, | would advise crossing on
selections from native stock, haVlog milk pro-
duciug qualities we'll developed, with The short
horn or Dutch breeds, thereby giving them
larger frames with pro- 1ct OF having their
udders proporloualIy increased, as beth varlc.
tics were Originally said to be good mixers,
and ain informed that the Holstcin critic
bred 10 Delaware by the RayboIds and others,
still retain their milking qualities, these points
| having been sacrificed to develop beet prouuclog
animals. Ifthc production Ct beef is our OBJ
iect (aud | am not sure but it would be as
profitable in the long lun for some OF US TO
turn our attention that way as TO all con6ne cur
II. knxvn Ihn
breed already formed best adapted to that 90
jet, that is the short horned, Of which the
Durham is the most notable representative IN
this country. | once heard drovcr say he
had known an animal Of this breed to weigh at
IS months old 500 pounds. But whatever may
be our choice, the production OF beet, butter,
or milk, of one thog We may be certain, That
while the animal may possess peculiar traits tor
the production OF either OF the above Eamed
articles, they arc in certain sense only mauu-
tac!uri6g machines, ADD the profits we may de-
rive lroal them will, 10 large measure depend
on the quantity and quality Of their food and
the care and attention We give to them. The
most of VI have probably lcarned by cXpe
ricpce that it will not do TO credit all OF the
wonderful stories that we read OF the success
Of certain Individuals who tell us that their
cows on grass alone have produced IS los. or
sc quarts Of milk a day from which they have
churucd 8 lbs OF tutcr. 1t We can realize
from 10 ID. week We may be- very we'll
satisfied with the result.
| an Indebted to articles ia the Agriculu-
raj Reports ioc the years lSj9-Gl-GG for
much of the niormton in this essay, and
would advise a careful pclusal Of them to these
interested in this subject.
Respectfully submitted,
T.. H. Mason.
PAPER NO. . EY COURTLAND LUKENS.
The subject We have chosen Tor consideration
ut this meeting il darylng.
|. The breeds Of cattle best adapted to that
purpose.
| . Their management and feed.
. Handling Of milk cream and butter.
by way OF preface, will say that We arc
we'll aware Of the magnitude and Importance
of this subject, to The members Of this clu5,
and our own inability to treat upon it as it
deserves, but having been appointed as com
mittcc for the purpose of furnishing matter Tor
consideration at this meeting, we have chosen
the above named subject, and hope to so inter
est the members OF this body that it will bring
about such general interchange Of views
and opinions as this question deserves.
After due consideration Of my portion OF the
subject, (DameIy the handling OF the milk,
cream and butter,) | concluded to give bTiet
account of our modo of doing dairy work.
leaving to you the privilege Of c;ilicsiug the
plan that we follow. We endeavor to have
cur milking done about the same hour in the
morning and tho same hour 10 the evening
every day, also to have the mixers milk the
same COWS every time they arc MIXED, and do it
as quickly and quietly as possible. AS fast
as the milk is drawn from the COWS it is
strained and set away for the cream to rise,
experience having taught US that the sooner
this is done and the nearer the temperature is
to 50 degrees the better the milk and cream
will DO.
In summer We use milk house with run
! niug water inches deep 10 the channel, setting
the milk inches deep, 10 tin pans. where 1t
stands for Sc hours. when the cream is taken of
| into large cans sunk in the water aod stirred
every day until churn day, when the oldest and
the newest cream is mixed together as much as
possible, put 10 barrel churn holding 1t gal
ons aud turned by a lever horsc power, which
generally brings butter 10 from Ii 10 30 mi
nutes, when it is placed 90 butter worker
aud most OF the milk worked out sailed With
| Ashtop's salt and left standing for an hour, or
| until the salt is dissolved, when it is again
thoroughly worked over. made into pound rolls
and packed 10 tu lined cedar tube. 10 hot
weather it is taken out of the cedar tub and
sunk in spring water until time 10 start to mar
ket. By following this plan We rarely iod it ne'
cessary to use Ice.
1t has been suggested by one of the commit
tee that it would be we'll to consider the ques
ton of our markets being ovcrstocksd with
dairy products (which be thinks is likely to &C.
cur if they are not already 10 that condltion)
and try 10 direct the attention OF some who
have not good facilities for dairy work, toward
The fltteniDg of cattle add sheep. which would
10 all probability pay as well, and also keep up
the fertility of our farms fully as we'll, if not
BETTER than dairy farming
PAPER NO. 3 BY JOHN BALLENGER.
That We cat bread by the sweat of our faces,
| suppose any member Of this orgaoization who
has been farming 10 this locality for the last
few years will be willing to admit. The great
question seems to be. how shall we tighten the