The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-24
Agricultural.


Ia every herd of COWS there are animals
which diHer widely among themselves IL
their adapiabili,y 10 profit Each aaitnal
has different digestive power. different
tastes. diiercni sptisadcs IRON every 9th
or animal. 10 one animal Increase oi food
may result ia the laying on Of flesh rather
than the increase Of quantity Of The milk
yield, or roe re~sd. one animal may keep
up uniform yield Of milk nndor eousid.
cradle change Of food while another animal
shall respood in milk yield 10 small chan
ges Of food. The owner Who csrefnll.
studies the apii,udes OF each animal 10 his
herd ~ill usually be able 10 point out such
COWS as can bs kept proniably on coarse
folders aud little grain. aud snch other
cows A. can most proftably be forced by
high feeding into a large yield Of milk,
As there exists this Individual difference
between cows in utilizing such food rs
they obtain. i, follows that. As herds are
usually constituted, some COWS are kept
at prof, and certain other COWS at dim
inished profit or perhaps at loss.
In the ALL season. while the farmer Is
preparing for the winter, it is well TO con
slider the relation between the food stored
aud the cattle kept, and carefully figure
whether the seasons crops are sufficient
or more than sufficient 10 maintain the
stock already possessed. II is also well to
consider whether certain crops cannot be
more probably, sold outright for cash
than fed on the farm. and whether in or
der to do this, some of the live stock had
not better be sold before winter closes in.
These two ideas, viz, the differences that
exist between individual animals in econ
omy OF food and in product, and the chan
ging relations between the values Of feod
ing crops and the animal products, shonld
lead the farmer to q careful study and
thought in the autumn apd will usually
justify the disposal of certain animals that
do not respond proftably to the winters
feeding aud such exist in the majority OF
herds
A milch COW weighing one thousand
pounds is generally calculated to require
for her support and profit per cent OF
her live weight daily in food or 80 pounds
OF hay as its equivalent As in this re-
gion the winter may be considered as OF
six months duration, this means two and
three quarters tons OF hay In the six
months pastnring ii is difficult to assign n
representative valne, but, let us, keeping
on the safe side, for the sake OF even fig.
ures, calculate the cost Of the yearly
keeping of COW at three tons of hay. Now
when hay is at certain cost, that is, pos.
esses certain cash value, it is easy to fig
ure ont the quantity of milk COW has to
produce annually, in order, ut given
price to cover the value of the food. thus
COW must yield annually, to cover the
value of three tons Of hay consumed:
Hay at OTIS. at 2 cts. OTIS. at 3 cts.
SlOa ton 1900 1000,
Is $3.50 1000
Another deduction, of value to the sub
urban farmer especially, is that il through
the individual aptitude Of the COW, the
1000 quarts required to pay for the hay at
$40 per ton can be obtained through the
use Of coarser folders or changed feed,
equivalent to $40 ton for hay, then the
superior skill of the chooser and feeder OF
the COW is equivalent to 1000 quarts Of ex-
ira yield.
These figures are but rough illustrations
of certain conditions which appertaIn to
dairy husbandry, the methods under
which competition and low prices Of pro-
duet are to be met and the value Of intelli-
gent calculation to the farmer.
There are certain facts which in this
should be well apprehended:
First that breed is superior to feed, that
is, that the ANIMAL the fodder is fed out to
is OF more consequence; under conditions
Of good farming, than the money value Of
Inc food. Feed does not produce milk in
he dry COW; high feeding cannot force
cant mixer by inheritance into large
mixer; the COW OF milking habit and
Itrong digestive power can utilize unsala-
Die fodder, and give satisfactory and prof
table flow under circumstances when the
Ugh value Of salable fodder cannot justify
he feeding Of such fodder with the hope
4 profit Hence, second, Whether we
hall feed highly, feed food of high or low
alue, feed for maintenance or for milk, is
question to be determined by thecharac-
er OF the animal and the relation OF values
bird, the COW Of profitable aptitudes is
he one to keep; the COW Of Improbable
ptitudes should be sold off ut once, and
very herd contains usually more than one.
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c. Redfield, Troy. N. Y, inquiries OF us
5 to the value OF unleached hard " God ash /
on land inclined to be sandy. Well. We
egsn ON our present sandy farm about
fteen years ago when II WAS called q run !
ut" place, and having used chiefly ground I
one and hardwood ashes as fertilizers now .
ave it in first rate condition. There isn't q .
acre OF it that has received this treat 2
ent that ia not good for two or three tons Ii
( hay, three to four hundred bushels O. u
otatoes, thirty bushels OF wheat, or sixty ,
nshels Of corn at crop. Some Of the O
nd has never had particle Of stable ma.
ure applied TO it since we have owned 1t, Y
ID none has had muck. We use some nj. y
ogenous fertilizer usually sulphate Of am