The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-10-20

lWO correspondents VI IIi0 Feo'
ern Stock Journal give their meth
DDS of curing kicking COWS respetc-
lively, as follows:
A year or two since l got IN
trade a handsome three old heifer,
,ne of the most vicious kickers I
ever saw. One of my men who
:nilks tried various devices without
effect, and finally took common
garden hoe, passed the hoe end in
front of the off hind leg (tbe right
leg behind), and behind and above
the gambrel joint of the left hind
eg of the heifer. Then sitting
down on the right to milk, he put
the handle of the hoe well up un-
der his arm, and began milking.
The heifer could not stir either
hind leg, and after one week she
could be MIXED safely without fet
tering and proved to be "a valuable
and gentle animal. Of course she
was tied in the stable like the other
COWS, but on being turned out to
grass could be MIXED anywhere
without trouble.
The annoyance of having a full
pail Of milk kicked over by a vicious
COW is, to say the least, exaspera-
ting. Having had considerable ex-
perience with such animals, trying
every expedient I could think or
hear OF, I at last hit upon a device
that proved efectual, in the shape
Of milking stool, so constructed
as to shield the pal from the kick.
Take a piece of plank two feet long
and ten inches wide E; bore holes
and put two legs of suitable length
at each end. Put dashboard,
or perhaps it might more properly
be called a ':kickboard," on one end,
of height and width to correspond
to the pail, with two pieces nailed
on each side back to the seat-board
to strengthen and keep it in posi-
ton. This device will not keep a
cow from kicking, but you will
save your milk every time.
A correspondent of the Rural
Nea0 Yorker says: "Some main
tain that feeding sour milk to
COWS affects their butter injurious
~, but We never made sweeter or
nicer butter than we have been
turning out this spring when feed
ing sour milk to the COWS from
whose milk it was made. Last
spring we did not feed it, but gave
each sixteen pounds Of hay and
three quarts of oats and corn-cob
taken out-ground together, and
then the average yield per COW was
from thirteen to fourteen pounds
per day. This spring we have been
feeding the same amount of hay, two
quarts of oats and corn ground
together-cob again taken out
two quarts OF wheat bran and the
sour milk from the herd, and the
average yield Of each per day has
been from twenty-one to twenty
two pounds of milk-sn increase of
over one-tbird. The COWS are the
same as last spring, with the ad-
dition of two others-one a COW
we bought, and which is thought
no better than the rest, and the
other a two,year old heifer which
gives from twenty-five to twenty
seven pounds of milk per day. I
don't expect the feeding of sour
milk will make so much difference
during the latter part of May,
June and July, but after that I
expect as great difference as now.
It is estimated that by using the
sour milk in this way, one COW
more can be kept for every ten in
the herd; but on this point I can
not speak definitely. We take our
milk to creamery, so there is no
guess work with regard to the
weight"
HARD SUGAR G1NGERBREAD.-One-
half a cup of butter, the same Of