Daily Republican., 1884-04-14
AGRIC AL.
AVERAGE SERVICE OF A COW.

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The average actual life Of COW
eight years. The possible productiv
life OF COW is twenty years. Th
writers'S best COW is the tweDty.thir
calf OF her dam, An Ayrshire co,
once gave In the writer's presenc
thirty seven quarts Of milk In one ds
with her thirteenth cali, and at the tim
she was too old for her age to be indie
ted BY her horns. A Jersey COW drop
ped her best calf, now . COW, when sh
was 10 years old, and the Centennia
prize Jersey COW Niobe was very ol,
COW then. Now, what loss there IL II
wearing out COWS al 8 years old
A COW properly cared for Is then q
her prime, and may compare with ,
man at 40 years in that respect. A
that age q man has at least 20 years o
vigorous useful life before him, and b!
outstanding his powers, ten years NOR
may be added. A COW may just as vel
add six years more to her eighth, ant
will beyond a doubt II she IL we'll used
and still yield better profit II
her owner than a four year old COW
Thus the productive life Of COW may b.
actually doubled by good care ant
usage. But how Is this Heightened
period of u, u,efulness to be gained?
In the first place, longevity is here
ditary characteristic, and careful 80
lection and breeding are required to 80
cure 1t. Then constitutional vigor fa
vors 1t. This Is secured through breed
ing and early training. The sound
healthy calf must be we'll cared for
well fed, and when she becomes COW
the training and care must be contin
ued and the cows vital forces vel
nourished and husbanded.
Exposure and irregular feeding, not
to mention semi-starvation during the
winter seasons. which Is far too com
mon tend greatly to shorten the
useful and productive life of a
COW. II pays better 10 pre-.
serve good COW than to rear a
second one and If one lives sixteen
years and has thirteen productive years
she will have been worth more to her
owner ut the end than three cows
eight years old have been, for there will
have been ten fully productive years In
the old cows life:against ten partially
years In that of the young
Dnes's.
GOOD INSECT KILLER.
Kerosene showered upon plants Is
very penetrating, destroying insect In
all stages Of development, even to the
eggs Two parts of kerosene to one Of
sour milk is a proper proportion. II
fresh milk Is not at hand, condensed
milk diluted to the same strength may
bs employed. The mixture Is success
fully used for the scale insect in the
,range groves of Florida, and can be 1t
8 thought employed to destroy chinch-
bugs. A mixture of water and three
Der cent. of kerosene Is deadly to the
Dugs, anil does not harm to the grow.
ny corn.
by spraying few outside rows near
~. ripenipg field Of wheat, the whole
.rea of corn can oe protected from the
,econd brood of the destructive chinch-
Dug The apparatus for the cheapest
and best application of the emulsion is
yet to be devised. Doubtless sprink-
or drawn by two horses could be made
hat by passing between the rows Of
,orn, would spray them quickly and
All farmers seriously troubled with
insects should give kerosene trial.
By using q cheap grade of petroleum
The expense is small, and with the
apparatus for applying the
a safe and successful war may
DO waged against the insect enemies.
Much depends upon the promptness
and energy; therefore, the farmer
should be prepared to act at the earliest
A barrel of kerosene and . garden
with necessary attach
nenls ready for use, may come to be as
D. sential a part of well equipped farm,
IT fruit and vegetable garden, as fire
extingnishers in city. Try the mix
,ure on a small area TO determine the
proper strength. 1t may be that one
is best for the potato beetle,
md another for the cabbage worms,
,tc. but the emulsion must never be
10 strong as to injure the plan 9 upon
which it is sprayed.