Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

upon them, and they obliged to seek
living upon some barren hillside. The de-
mands of nature stimulate them to seek
for food; but about 9 o'clock they are fore
co to retire to some friendly shade for pro-
lection, and there even fight their adVer-
saries, in the shape of flies through the
day. In this condition they are driven at
night TO tue fIrm-yard. and MIXED! yes
MIXED drawing hard upon their LIKELIHOOD
OF course they lose in flesh every day,
and shrink in quantity of milk. until but
one pail is necessary to carry the milk OF
four or five cows to the dairy-room, anu
this milk has but very little in 1t. what
next? When the dairywoman Skins TINS
milk, she gets little soft, oily cream; feels
discouraged. but lays it all to the hot
weather. Then comes the churning; this
is almost never-ending. The farmer
labors hard and long. finally takes view
of the interior; he beholds mass OF foam
and froth grows irritable, dashes away
and is lucky if it comes the hrst day.
When it is pronounced churned, the dairy
woman says, "What shall do with 1t! IL
| is SO soft it cannot be handled" she Is
Obliged to drain it what she can, add Salt,
and set it away, until next day, then work
it over. Of course when they sell this
butter they call it good. Now milk, OF
course, may be ruined for the purpose OF
good butter, after it goes to the dairy-room'
but, with the best possible care, gilt
edged article of butter cannot be made
| from the milk of cows cared for III inns
manner, for the butter must partake OF the
qualities of the milk from which 1t Is
made. And | believe that much of the
poor butter made is predestinated, in the
nature, or by the want of proper care OF
the COW.
DRYING OFF Cows.-I am often asked,
How long do you have your COWS 90 Dry
| This is not always under my immediate
control, and | consider it one of the most
important points connected with the man
agement of u dairy. When l was u boy
the rule was to let the cow 90 dry from
two to six months each year. The cows
understood it, and were ready to dry
when they came to the barn in the fall
We now have Il different and better class
of cows. There are still some COWS you
can set your own time for, and dry them
at pleasures but there is class OF very
GOOD COWS which cannot with safety be SO
MANAGED. A cow whose milking qualities
predominate, and whose ancestry, perhaps
for many years, have been urged toward
this objective point, and this has become
her leading trait, and this has been stlmu-
lated. urged into action and intensified by
penerou. feed and good care, with regu'
lar and energetic draft at the udder. You
cannot ut once change the force of this
leading habit and dry the COW. Although
nature assists ut this time in drawing tho
vital forces INTO another channel, for tho
support of offspring, yet she will secrett
milk in small quantities in the udder
If it is not drawn it becomes thick, coagu
lated and irritating. 1t must remall
there us IL poison, or be taken up as sucf
by the circulation; in either case 1t vii
produce injurious effects, III the shape o
rarrct or something even worse. An'
nrain us it comes near the time for til,
cow to drop her calf, the secretion is
stimulated into great activity, the udde
becomes extended and inilamed, SO mucl
so that it frequently presents red appear
ancc upon the surface: the interior mus
he burning with poisonous heat. There i
danger here. The COW may lose the us
of one quarter of her udler. Why? BE
cause those little milk tubes that conve,
=. the milk may become so heated, burnt
dried, that they will no longer be capabl
of performing their office. The case ma
, be worse, if neglected She may drop he
calf, do well, us it is termed, her owne
take from her II fair quantity of milk, no
noticing that all is not right, but the ex
pected quantity of milk is not SUPPLE
again in the udder. Why? Because he
powers of secretion are paralyzed, and tn
= tactical fluid held back in the system; tn
; COW is dying of posion, and is soon dead
This noble animal that has yielded he
> powers SO exclusively to the requirement
/. of man, has now yielded her life to hi
D negligence. There are many question
{ asked, with regard to the feed of COW:
Il which can never be correctly answered i
4 the abstract, they are 50 connected and in
. tcrwoven with the nature and condition {
= the cow. Each cow has certain produC
Z tive powers within reach, and under tn
control of the intelligent dairyman. 10
l. him to develop, intensity and enlarge l
Z order to do this, we must work with n;
II .ture for we can never succeed in dlsob'
u dience to her laws. We must then. by II
II means, maintain the COW in perfect healt
}, and condition, feeding her to the extent {
u her structural and producing power an
IL not hevond. When fed below this llml
!, YOU will get too small II surplus Tor IL
u pail, after the proportion needed to SUI
- port the COW. If fed beyond TINS INN
IS She cannot assmiatc her food to the fulle
extent; therefore, ali unhealthy condltlo
e and less amount, and poorer quality
* produce, on account of this too large or t'
l. Stimulating supply Of feed. But right her
5, there is II great difference in the capac
III of different COWS to assimilate concentrate
Is nutritious food. The superior butter co
u has superior powers OF assimilation, cons
w. Quenily, the superior cow is seldom led
III her limit. while the inferior COW may
lie easily fe,l beyond hers One man may fec
y quite largely with rich butter-producil
III feed, and do it at profit, whilst his neig
Dor with II different class of COWS, feediI
II in the same manner, would do 1t ut los
er Ladies and gentlemen, | love the occ
ed patton of II dairymani | love those gent
ly animals that so willingly yield themselv
II. to the moulding influence Of mans int,
n@ !ectta power 1t may be said (and wi
IS; shade of truth), that have in part liv
Is. with them. studying their habits a
lc- wants with view to supply; especial
on during the year that have produced t
es- best results. viii any one say that Il
lie occupation is lowering in social influen'
'as or in intellectual power? On the contral
to an intelligent man wilt learn more OF CT
zee alive power and wisdom, more of tt
IDS link which he WAS designed to occupy
he tween the animal creation, and the gre
Ire am before whom we should all w
on reverence most humbly bow than
IS. would have done in studying abstr'
we science the same length of time. | wot
ir- earnestly recommend to my brother far
les ers, and especially to those of the dai
nd that they carefully study their own bu
18th ness with II view TO improvement ~
to, means of social culture, and Of intellect
I'VE and moral elevation,
On. The elements of success are in the III.
ir, to be found with ourselves Even disco
&C. arcments recede like shadows before
nn- sun, with the facilities for knowledge, a
me the proilered aid placed within our rca
nix, The farmers of the entire state have