Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
Cows for Milk, Butter and Cheese.

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 Dr. Heath read paper before the American Farmers Club on "tThe Breeds of Cows for the Specific Production of Milk, Butter and Cheese"
 Colonel J. c. Battersby said that the best food for milch COWS was the man. gold wurtzel, of, which more could be grown on. an acre than any other pro- duct. As to selecting COWS he said that as rule those having the largest udders and teats produced the greatest quantity of milk, but not the richest. The COWS which give the richest milk-that which yielded the most cream-were those that had yellow skin and yellow or yellowish fine hair near the skin.
 Dr. Trimble descanted upon the diff ference in quality of milk brought to this market, and especially upon the great amount of poor, watered milk, or what was sold under that name. He also spoke of the immense quantities of poor
 butter, such as would and did sicken people who used it, and contrasted it
 with pure Alderney butter, such as he
 had tried of late, end which was cheap at $1 per pound, comparing quality and
 price, with much of the stuff called but
 ter. He told of wonderful young COW
 that yielded thirty-six quarts of very rich
 milk per day through the month of June.
 She was part Alderney and part Durham.
 The animal was we'll fed and cared for
 and had an excellent digestion, as he
 noticed she disposed of her cud in half
 the time usually occupied by other COWS.
 The Doctor animadverted upon the prac-
 tice of some dairymen of making butter
 and cheese from the same milk and
 thought it ought to be condemned.
 Dr. J. V. c. Smith, the traveller and
 antiquarian, who alway interests the clut
 when he reoounts personal adventures
 and experiences, remarked that the dis cussion of the milk question reminded him of what he had actually seen abroad There was at least one city in the world where they had pure milk, and that wa
 Naples, in Italy, where the COWS wer' driven around and milked at the doors o customers. And so of goats, which wer taken sometimes up to the third anC fourth floors of houses and there milket in the presence of the soon-to-be happ,
 possessor of the genuine lacteal fluid And this plan was being adopted in Lon don, England. Every morning COWS ar driven to Hyde Park and there milke' in the presence of those to whom tn milk is sold-invalids and others. H had seen nurses purchase the fresh mill . and give it to children in their charge : The Doctor thought the time would com when the custom would be adopted here ) so that pure milk could be obtained fo /; invalids and others.
 MT. Nicholas Haley, of Long Island . said Colonel Battersby was right abou the way to select good COW; the vel , low, dswny hair next the skin was goo t indication He told of remarkable oo' he once owned that he sold for $15O, an |. which soon after brought $500; she wa l of the Durham breed and very large t said that much depended upon care an
 feeding; good corn stalks will produc l the most butter (not the most milk a @ ways) of any feed in winter /; told of sel y ing butter at $1.25 per pound when tn - market price was 40 cents, and Secretar r Chambers confirmed the statement. MI Haley said one way to avoid the taste ( x turnips, etc., in the milk was to feed th g roots just before milking or while th
 COW is being mixed.