The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-02
FARM AND GARDEN,

BRAN FOR COwS.-Tcn years ago [
was of tho opinion that bran was a poor
thing to feed COWS, but always like
to make experiments, and so / bought
some bran and mixed 1t with ground
oats and corn, and | and nv wife
watched pretty close for the result. 1t
did not take long for us to find out that
the COWS gavc more milk and butter
and the butter had finer color. /
omitted the bran one week, and nv
cows gave four quarts Of milk less. /
fed bran again, and in three days they
gave four quarts more milk, and since
that time will tell you how mix my
feed. 10 six bushels Of shellcd corn |
add three bushels Of oats and have 1t
ground together, and with every three
hundred pounds Of such feed | mix one
hundred pounds ofbran. In the morn
ing at seven O'Clock | take one bushel
cut cornfOdder and one bushcl Oat chaif; {;
on this | put thirteen pounds Of the
mixed feed and eleven quarts Of water !;
ut eight O'Clock / give them eight
pounds of clover hay; at eleven O'Clock
pump them pure fresh water from u
we'll forty two feet deep. If it Is 4
warm day give each COW one bundle
Of cornfOddor, out in tho yard; If it is
cold or cloudy do not leave them out
longer than they drink; then l put
thcm In the stable and give the corn
fodder In their racks. l also give each
cow half pint of meal and half an
ounce Of salt; this l give them every
time put them in the stable. At five
O'Clock in the evening give them the
same quantity of cut cOrnfOddcr, chaff
and mixed feed, as do in the morn
ing ut seven O'Clock. At six O'Clock
] give them eight pounds Of meadow
hay. also clean them with the cur
ry comb and brush twice week,
sometimes oftcncr. And l also clean
the stable OH Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. l keep only four COWS, and
ut the present time ] milk only three
Of them; one Of them dropped her calf
Aug. 25Lh, one Sept. 18th, and one
Nov. 10th, and | make twenty tC
twenty-five pounds Of butter q week,
besides we use milk in two families.
! HAVE tried, says Il correspondent,
all tho various ways to prevent COWS
from kicking while milking, and have
found none more harmless, easily aD.
piled, and rs cIcctual rs the Dutch on
Holland method, which is to take Il
small rope. about four feet long, and
put 1t once around both hind legs, just
above the gambrel joints, with Il slip
knot; draw tight enough to bring both
legs firmly together; wind tho rope
two or three times between tho legs,
around this rope or moose, drawing il
tight, and tastcn tho rope by II half.
hitch. In North Holland, this Is prac.
ticed on all the COWS at every milking
They nrc driven to the milking ground
where stakes arc driven about two fee,
high, and to these stakes the COWS arc
tied tor milking. Each cow goes di.
rcctly to its own stake, and when to bt
mllkch they voluntarily place their fee
In proper position to have their legs
tied. The Dutch milk pail Is nearly o
The size OF small wash-tub; hence
the necessity OF having tho cows stand
moderately still; otherwise they arc
liable to get into the pail.
InE COST or SOILING CATTLE.-'The
supposed large amount Of extra labor
involved in solling cattle upon greer
fodder crops, cut and carried TO thcn
IN yards or barns, Is the greatest OBJ.
jcc. .icu urgcd against the system
while certain amount Of extra labor
IS needed, this is by no means so oncrou.
or so costly, rs to overcome the advan.
tagcs of the system. BY the use of n
onc-horsc mower, hay-rakc and wagon
green rye, clover, oats or mlllet, sufll.
cicnL for days fodder for twenty
COWS, can be moved, gathered, loaded
and hauled quarter OF u milo to tho
stable in one hour. by Il smart boy O
fourteen or fifteen years. The labor O
fecdlng. watering and cleaning tn,
cattle, will occupy two hours more
| If half a day Is thus taken up. i
will cost about cent and half a da,
per COW, for the labor. Tho saving OF
manure Will more than pay for this
and there arc other savings about the
system which will sum up in all to 4
respectable profit. 1t is on small
farms that the advantage Of soiling Is
the greatest.
CORN NSEpARATOR.-Am recent no.
ricnlLural inventions is Il corn screen O,
separator, which effects its object by
means Of series of cells, instead OF
| passing the different kinds of grain OF
seeds between wires, or through per.
toratlons. The action Is rather slow
put the machine perfectly separates
long from round corn; wheat from
| barley or oats, from peas, vetchcs, and
smut, and divides wheat into two qual.
| tiles.
| PAsTuHING FALL LGRAIN.--If the grain
Is IN danger OF iointing, it should be
past'rcd without delay. 1t Is often q
| great help to the wheat or rye, to tur,
sheep or calves upon it. These eat
| down luNuriant growt.ls and tread the
soil firmly about the roots. If no other
stock are available for this purpose
| COWS may DC lot into winter grain fields
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n Dangerous .jurymnn.
The latest argument against the jury sys
TEN comes from southern Colorado. Dur
| ing the recent trnl Of q case ihcrc ono oj