Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-03
THE DAIRY.

The New York Tribune says that the
habit Of holding up the milk, when
once formed by the COW, is very difficult
TO break. A mess which so gratifes the
cows appetite as to make her forget the
inclination as often proves successful as
anything. Regular, quiet, quick and
comfortable milking Is essential
w. ID. HOARD, Of the Fort Atkinson
Wis, Union, gives a bit Of wholesome
advice In relation 10 breeding COWS, in
his last issue, and states in language
plain that IL Is nonsense 10 breed for
color, or any other points, except for
milk. Speaking Of the manner Of Jer-
sey breeders, who are running the milk
ing record Of their COWS, he saws a good,
forty-dollar native COW can discount
their heightened colored squads a year
In advance.
ACCoRDING to the statutes Of Illinois
anyone who manufactures or offers for
sale any article having the semblance
of butter, which is not wholly made
from pure cream OF pure milk, unless
manufactured under its true and ap-
propriate name and unless each pack
age or parcel is distinctly branded in
legible letters, shall be fined not less
than $40, nor more than $500, or i'm
prisOned in the county Jail not less than
ten nor more than ninety days, or both
in the discretion of the court.
PUMPING RANCID BUTTER.-One Of
our foreign contemporaries gives the
following mode of clarifying rancid and
tainted butter: Let the butter be
melted and skinned, as for clarifying;
then put into it a piece Of bread well
toasted all over, but not burnt. In
few minutes the butter will lose its Of
fensive taste and smell, but the bread
will become perfectly fetid." We have
serious doubts with regard to the above
process producing the results claimed.
Still, it is so simple that any one can
try it.-EDchdnge.
How TO CHOOSE A Coon COw.-The
crumply horn is good indication;
full eye another. Her head should be
small and short. Avoid the Roman
nose; this indicates thin milk, and but
little of it. See that she is dished in
the face, sunk between the eyes. Notice
that she is what stock men call good
handler-skin soft and loose like the
skin of dog. Deep from the loin to the
udder and very slim tail. A COW with
these marks never fails to be a good
mixer. There is more difference in
cows than usually supposed and but few
really good COWS are offered in our mar
kets. If farmer has "No. article"
he won't sell her unless obliged to do
so.
Now PUSH BUTTER Cows.-It pays
to feed cows giving milk liberally. But
ter is high, and now is the time to feed
proftably. Every COW should be made
to produce as much butter as possible.
Whenever butter is twenty cents per
pound or more there is money in the
dairy business, and the man who feeds
most literally and judiciously will make
the greatest profit. Meal, both cotton
seed and corn, roots, pumpkins and
fodder corn, should all come in for
share of attention as profitable food for
dairy cows. Whatever kinds of food
are used the COWS should have all they
can profitably turn into milk. Many
men feel that they cannot afford to buy
grain for feeding to COWS at this season
of the year. Let them take different
view and ask themselves if they can
afford not to buy grain to feed COWS
when butter is as high as it is at pres.
ant-LelUiStOll Journal