The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03
TOPICS FOR THE FARM.
Milkand Beef.-From the National Ii


Mflkand Beef.-From the National Lire
Stock journal we copy the following:
The Journal reaches such various classes
of dairymen, who produce milk for
such various ends, that we shall be aid
ing many by discussing the subject
heading this article-the feasibility of
producing milk and beef at the same
time. 1t is generally believed by dairy
men that this can not be done-thau
COW can not give remunerative yield
of milk and lay on fat and flesh at the
same time; but this opinion is not in
accordance with well-conducted expert
ments, 10th in this country and Eng
land. The late Mr.. HorsfaH, very
painstaking and careful experimenter in
dairying in England, detailed his method
in the Royal A gricultural Society s Journal,
by which he proved most conclusiyely
with his whole herd that cow can. be
fed SO as to maintain a full yield of
milk and lay on flesh satisfactorily at
the same time, and that he found this
the most remunerative plan of dairying.
1t does not follow that all dairymen
would find this plan the most profitable.
His market Tor beef was as tempting as
his market for milk. But our purpose
in discussing this question is not, at
present, to recommend it for its profit,
bat to see if it is practicable to produce
beef and milk at the same time. Mr..
Horsfall, while experimenting in refer
ence to the effect of high feedin upon
milch cows. discovered that a farrow
COW fed abundantly on appropriate food
for producing milk, would go on pro-
ducing a remunerative yield. for long
season, much past the usual time of
bearing second calf; and, taking a
hint from this, instead of buying fresh
cows and calves at high prices, he
selected good farrow COWS, discarded
because they were farrow, but yet giving
a fair yield of milk. These could be
had at low figures; and he had found
that, under his system of feeding, they
could be made TO increase their milk
very largely, yielding the best quality,
and, at the same. time, making rapid
progress in fattening for slaughter, dry
ing them off only during the last month
of fattening. He found mis-, yield of
cream about as much as from fresh
COWS, which produced him a profit ;
and, when the COW was ready for the
butcher he made another quite salts
factory profit on her sale.
His system was found successful in
other hands, as was lately proved in an
address before the London Farmers
Club by Mr.. Alexander, the manager OF
the Aylesbury Dairy Company, at
Kensington. He described his practice
with the large number of cows in that
establishment, of keeping all in such
high condition that they were ready for
beef at any time; and that this often
saved loss in case there should be found
any symptoms of an approaching fever.
This plan he found to produce the most
remunerative yield of milk, and, at the
same time, enabled them to dispose OF
their cows at profit. -
This system has many followers in
this country on farms near cities, where
beef is as marketable at all times as
milk or butter. Mr.. Horsfall was q
most judicious high feeder. He always
fed portion of roots daily to his cows
with oilcake, bran-meal, malt-combs
nicely-cured hay and straw. He was
sure to give such variety as always
promoted the health of the COW, as we'll as
a large yield of milk and flesh. High
feeding in the hands of some who do not
study the physiological condition of the
COW, and feed too largely of such heat
ing food as cornmeal, without emollient
and sedative effects of oilcake and roots
often produces fevers and disease. Blu
there can be no doubt that judiciou'
high feeding will produce remunera
tive yield of milk and fatten the COW a
the same time. Every dairyman should
study his own business so thoroughly a,
to know how and under what circum
stances this can be proftably DONE.
How to Tighten Tires.-I have founc
the following way to tighten wagor
tires to be successful: "Apply leathe,
rings between the shoulders on the QUITE
ends of the spokes and the. correspondent.
portions of the felloes, which may b,
done as follows: Procure a number Of
small pieces of leather, from an incl
and half to two inches in diameter
with a sharp knife and compass, o.
with a cut ing punch, make round hole
in the centers Of these pieces. and make
a straight cut from the hook to th'
outer edges of the pieces, SO as to form
open rings. The holes must be made o
size that will nicely fit the lemons OF
the out ends of the spokes. Place .
fulcrum on the top of hub, on which
place your lever, with its short ent
under the felloe, near a spoke; have al
assistant bear down on the other ent
sufficiently to raise the felloe and expos
the shoulder and tenon of the spoke
open your leather and fit it NIGEL,
around the tenon, holding it to its plac'
while your assistant relaxes the lever
! and settles the felloe firmly upon tn
lever by blow or two upon the tire
Having repeated the process with SUI
!, ficient number of spokes TO make tn
! tire all right, trim off the projecting
i leather even with. the surface of tn
spokes, and your task will be done.
your pieces of leather should be spongy
, hammer them down before using"
Save Time, Strength and HEALTH
A lady correspondent in the. Indian
Farmer makes the following sensibl
suggestions: There is one subject we
worthy the careful study of every house
E keeper; and that is, how she may sim
{ plify work. If she will sit down dali
with pencil in hand and jot down item
as they occur to the mind when -runnin
through mentally the days routine, sh
i will see where time, strength and labo
, may be very properly saved. A simpl
pudding for desert takes much less tim
to make than a pie or two, and is ia
more healthful and quite as appetizirg
E Yet, how many women slave over he
! kitchen stove baking pies interminabl
; for the family dinner. To 6e good
] nearly every kind of pie should be cate
the day it is baked; SO the same proces
: needs to be gone through with ever