The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-05-22
Agricultural.
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tar 10 pay iu the spring. or, II yon
escape that. il will take all OF the beet
season Tor the old cow 70 gain 10 flesh
shat she has lost 10y your want Of care
Then you will complain that she does
got 30 well when II she, poor beast,
could speak, she woGld tell you some
unpleasant truths Begin then il
July aud August to have some green,
fresh feed FOR them either rowen,
mown oats or sweet corn, and little
grain will DO no harm, besides il will
improve the quality Of the butter.
Keep up this feed until they dry off in
the fall, aud you will find il viii make
a vast difference with the old COW the
next spring, and all OF the summer. II
| could feed grain only part Of the year
! should say feed 10 the fall, so al TO
have the cattle come to the barn in
good condition for the long, hard
winter. Then il they come 10 by the
let Of May, they will need but little
grain before good feed in the pastures
is ready. Now | wish to say one word
in regard to feeding grain: II | could
have all the nice, June cut hay, to-
gelher with sweet corn. / think | could
keep up the flow of milk with but little
grain but as cannot have them, /
use grain as the best and cheapest sub
stitute.
Roots, If fed during the fall and win
ter, will keep the cows 10 good health.
and ! am strongly Of the opinion that
they will increase the milk and butter
too should prefer beets to turnips as
they impart no taste to the butter and
nearly as many can be raised from an
acre. II cows are allowed to shrink in
their milk 10 July and August they
will give but small mess in October
and be dry by the lst of November.
1t does not pay to feed COW we'll that
will 60 dry for four months in fact,
such COW does not pay to keep, no
matter how much milk she may give
In June and July. II is the long and
steady mess Of milk that makes the
greatest amount Of butter; besides, it
il often the case that such COW gives
the poorest milk. She will look sleek
aud fat, but her feed goes 10 beef in.
stead OF into the pail; and il you should
test her milk you would find that her
cream was thin, white and spongy.
She not only makes but little butter,
but she Injuries the rest. by making it
OF color aud soft.
la regard to testing cows,-I think
fully one-half the trouble is with the
cows we are too apt to think anything
Is a COW, without any regard to their
real worth. For four OF five years /
used small pans 10 test my cows, set
ting about the same amount in each
one; then 10 the fall would sell of the
the poorest ones, until iancied that
my COWS were very even. then tried
a small six-inch glass tube, having one
for each COW | then saw that my cows
were not SO very even. Some gave
very thin, white cream, while others
would give rich, yellow, solid cream,
that would make number one butter,
while the other would be poor with the
best Of care Some Of the cows that /
bad before judged 10 be among the
beet found gave bat very little cream,
and some Of the poorer ones, as !
thought, gave more than three times
The cream OF the former then. too, as
you looked along the test tubes you
could zee the difference 10 its color,
difference 10 time OF riang.--some
seemed to rise rapidly, while others
would hardly separate At all. Hence,
/ say. we must take more pains in the
selection Of our cows. raising up the
beiiers from the best. and selling of
the poorer oses TO The butcher, always
remembering that as much depends
upon the sire as Of the dam. This may
seem = Glow way 70 improve. bot il is
sure But some may Say that the test
tubcs are not accurate enough, that II
would be better TO weigh the milk aud
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