Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-11-04
Eppp,Sa osr Cow.-The mauagemeh;

KEEPING oSE Cow.-The management
Of a single e W differs froin that tIven the
herd In the dairy. as she usually COILS
under tie cars OF the whole family, and
u monopoly OF attention and pri-
vileges that cannot be afforded under the
wholesale system. She is the dependence
a the poor farmer, and her place cannot be
filled by any other animal. But II is quite
a business 10 20 manage the family co"
that She MAY he OF the greatest service. but
how 10 furnish her with green food is COM
monty an Important question. Where
pasture can he had al a small cost advan-
tage is usually taken OF the opportunity,
but there arc times and places IN Hhlch no
such opportunity occurs. If the family
possesses q small piece OF ground there
can be grown a large variety Vi green feed
for early in the season a crop OF peas can
be grown for The family. the vines given
the COW, and the whole taken of in time
for some other crop. small places are
made rich In slc!i instances when all the
manure is given them, and Tor that reason
the seeding down # one crop before the
drst is removed is but the practice OF a
nigh system OF farming TO which the small
farm and family cow have contributed
more than anything else, for it las con-
PEELED the adoption Of the best methods In
order to attain success. Green o can
be cut several tunes, II ouly io1der is wan
ted, and Hungarian grass will spring up
ns fast as it is cut down. A few caDbages
put away IN the fail WI help The cow
along in winter, and q large crop OF carrots,
tufnlps and beets, enough foE one COW. can
be grown on one fourth of au acre, TO say
nothing Of the crop OF miIlct that may be
quickly grown and stored away late in the
season. A jersey cow, or grade jersey,
is small, and better adapted for a family
cow than any other breed. If butter is the
dcsideratum; but the Holsleln or Ayrshire
is better for milk, and 1t is cheaper to keep
a.goOd COW than a poor one The owner
of a farm OF one acre in New York State
reports that his 90 gives HIM about i've
hundred pounds Of butter every year, but
1t IS by good feeding and attention that she
does 50; and, while he claims that the pro-
mt from Ter is large; he admits that hiI
cow would be an expense If she were an
inferior animal. II Is best, therefore, to
be willing TO pay for a. good COW. The
outlay, though large al first, will bring IN
- AL AN oAAN tAAAA " oAlAhAA -
vcs,mcnt in a scrub. AS the family COW
receives lndDess as a general thing from
all, The lesson to dalrymen is that by care
fully managing the herd, ard treating each
cow with the best care, there is no reason
Why the profit may not propOriionatcly be
as great. The solling system is the family
plan or Il wholesale basis.
FACTS About MILK. Cream cannot rise
through a great depth of milk. II milk is
therefore, desired to retain cream for 8
time, 1t should be put in a deep, narrow
dish; and if 1t be Gosilcd 10 free 1t most
completely of cream. 1t should be poured
into a broad, fiat dish, not exceeding one
Inch IN depth. The evolution of cream is
facilitated by a rise, and retarded by u de
preston OF temperature. in wet ana cole
weather the milk Is less rich than IN DRY
and warn; and on that account more cheese
is obtained i'll cold than IN warm, though
not in t%hundcry weather. The season ha!
its effects. The milk in the spring IL sup
posed to be best Tor calves, III summer l
Is best suited Tor cheese, and IN autumn
the butter keeping better than that of sum
mer. Cows less frequently MIXED thar
others give rlch milk, and consequent,
mLch butter. The mornings milk is rich
CT than the evenings. The last draw
milk Of each milking, at all tunes and sea
sons, is richer than the first drawn, whicl
Is the poorest.
The custom OF breaking down the leave
and seed stem Of ~onloDsis to prevent tn
exhaustion Of the bulb by the formation c
Tho good A.n,n uvnurnro do THO 90 oDn
AZ the leaves are full grown, by twlstin
and bending them down; as the bulb Is nc
the root but the enlarged stem of the plan
this concentrates the force OF the plant int
the bulb or stem, and SO produces a vigOl
Il growth there. The practice may b
OF questionable effect SO far as this view
concerned, but would certainly be usef,
III case u seed stalk was forming, rs tn
production of seed would surely woake
the bulb. The breaking down is dor
when the bulbl Is well formed and the leav,
fully grown
The Practical Farmer gives the 70
owing sensible advice regarding ploughin,
There Is q certain number of pounds
team can draw day after day and not wo
ry them, but If a little more be added Il
horses walk unsteady, fret and soon tr
Every pound taken from the draugkt Is
gam 70 them. For any soil. except sar
and gravel, US. u steel plough, and
ploughlng sod the Golfer does q great de
of the work, and should be kept sharp /
grinding every day II necessary. 1t W
wear out soon, but new Golfers are cheap
than new cams. When the share is wo
replace 1t with a new one al ouce.'
lHKER IS no prOnt III keeping an 0
sheep, and just is on excellent tine
get rid OF thnm. Sheep are shorter lv,
than most other farm animals, and am,
before one knows l.. some OF the best mel
bers of the flock Will begin to get Old. {,
Them on; and keep the flock young a.
; fresh. Under ordinary circumstances s
or seven years is probably the hnit OF
sleeps useful life. If separated from t
: flock now and given a run of good pastl
with a very little grain they Will soon
in condition for market, anil Can be q
posed Of 10 better advantage than later
lhf season.
AN invention has been patented bv viii
ensilage III sllos is protected from the
GA-t,