West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-07-25
THE DAIRY.

The one sure way to have good
COWS Is TO raise them yourself
GOOD butter and cheese eau not he
made from the milk OF cows which arc
deprived OF pure water
The milking qualities of COW de-
pend more upon those of her sire's
mother than upon those of her own
mother.
One COW which will give $500
pounds of milk in season will bring
more net profit than three COWS pro-
ducing only 5000 pounds each.
The patron who will bring impure
or imperfect milk to the factory Is like
a passenger boring holes in the ship
which keeps him and all the others
aloat.
Let the man who starts to soil herd
of cows carefully count the cost of
labor. Too much wages pull mighty
heavy on the wrong side of the farmers
account book.
"A putrid carcass polluting the air
OF pasture will spoil not only the milk
of the cows running there. but also tho
entire contents of the vat into which the
tainted milk is poured at the factory.
In the tests of milk and butter pro.
auctions and also of analysis. goes to
show that white clover is one of the
most valuable foods that can be grown
for milch COWS and Is not "pcstifer-
ons" weed rs some claim. White clover
contains fourteen per cent. of albumin
Gus matter, thirtyfour of carbohydrates
and three-and-a-half per cent. of fat,
making it an especially desirable food
for butter cows.
Never allow calves to get stunted.
Always keep them growing. This is
the whole secret of raising calves. One
of the best farmers in New England
writes that last spring calves are not
rs large and thrifty rs fall calves,
although fed grain all winter They
didn't do well the first three months of
their lives, which explains their lack of
thrift since. Western Rurdi.
The length of time that Young
heifer keeps in milk after her first calf,
says contemporary, is likely to- meas
ure her staying qualities for all after
life. For this reason young heifers
should have their first calf in the fall.
BY good care and ensilage an abundant
flow can more easily be kept up the
next summer. If heifers calve in the
spring they are very liable to- go dry
early in the next fall.
Some person with more faith than
dair5 experience is advocating the fol-
lowing method of preserving butter:
Make the butter good to begin with,
and pnck il in jars and then bury il in
the ga rden, making hill like an ant
hill over it To turn the water, and then
plant tomato vine over it, and presto
This method will warrant to keep
butter perfectly sweet until winter il
proper care is taken" We would adj
wise the man who tries this scheme to
try it easy with only pound or two
of butter the first season. The DARN.
A milkless COW, says Professor
Sheldon, is an anomaly when she has
the faculty of maternity. and she is an
absurdity in domestication when she
only gives n small quantity of milk
which is poor. Such n COW is fraud
and humbuS. and the farmer is feeble
who keeps her. Milk is the chief end
aud aim of cows existence, and beef
at the last. What we want of n cow
is that she will give us cali and 600
gallons of good milk in year; com
mencing when she is three years old
and going on till she is eight or nine,
and then good carcass of beef for the
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