Connecticut western news., 1878-06-27
An English MIX Farm.

ot In the management of a milk dairy,
 the profit is made up of number of very small items.i A few of these small matters are sufficient to cast the balance upon the side. of loss, instead of that of profit. It. is, therefore, important that every detail in the work of a milk farm should be carefully scrutinized. Only one-tenth of cent per pound in the cost of the milk, in a year, amounts to three or four dollars per COW, and Q loss or gain of one quart per COW, per day, will amount to ten dollars in the year. The objects to be gained in milk dairy are; to keep the expenses as low as possible, and to increase the product as much as possible. Everything tending to secure these objects, is valuable to the dairy farmer. There are few farms from the management of which we can learn so much as from some of the best con- ducted English milk farms. Generally the best milk farms in America are man aged very much upon the same system, because there is no secret in selecting the best COWS, or in choosing the best milk-producing food, but we do not make so much use of roots and oil-cakes as do the English farmers. and these are the cheapest and best milk producers. An outline of the management of an English dairy, which is of great interest, | is given in the "Lendon Live Stock T. -r- L-- y. ,.'
 This farm is in South Derbyshife, a limestone country, ill which the grass is the best and most nutritious pasture in
 the world, and with which none of our pastures can bear comparison. lo With this exception there is nothing in the
 system of which we cannot avail our selves if we wish. The cows are nearly
 all purchased when fresh, and sold of for fattening whsp failing in milk, but are not fattened on the farm. No calves are reared, except . few bred from the
 best mixers. The COWS are we'll fed the year round, to keep up regular and maximum supply of milk. In summer
 the feed ispasture, in the fall, the after
 math is fed, along with cabbages, until winter feeding begins. This consists of hay. brewers grains, roots, cut straw,
 and or 6 pounds of oil-cake, or corn
 meal, per day, The roots (Swedes and
 Mangels) are pulped and mixed with
 the grains and the chaffed straw; Scents a bushel is paid for brewers grains.
 Fares are sown in May for soiling, and
 if the grass is abundant, these are not fed. but are cured for winter feed. A large portion of the farm is arabic, and only 40 COWS are kept on the 300 acres. 1 A large quantity of purchased food is
 used, but, as may be expected, very lit tie of fertilizers is purchased. The ad- vantage, upon milk farms, of this sys- tenn of using artificial foods of the rich
 est character, is very great, because the | larger portion of them is returned in
 the manure, and that which is carried | off in the milk is quite inconsiderable.
 Thus a we'll managed milk farm does not deteriorate in fertility, but both it and it's owner grow rich together. The consumption of milk is steadily increas- ing, and upon those farms from which
 there isl easy access to the large cities,
 their production can, by good manage ment, be made profitable, both in its 1 immediate returns, and in the indirect | addition to the value of the land.