The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-01-18

and those families ought to be avoided in breed
ing. Certain strains are fashionable and make a
great deal of butter. They are hard to get and
nave are ee1s n 10 let the
from them. Mr.. Moores urged the importance of
every poor man with family keeping COW. The
the garden would keep hog. Besides the econo-
my the milk from COW would be of great i'd
vantage to the health of the family. A cow can
be kept the year around for 81 month for rough
feed and pasture. He thought, ALSO there ght to
be some rights on the roads for poor mans COW.
Thousands of acres of land are lying out, doing
no good to any body. The little Inconvenience
farmers are occasionally subjected to by stray
cattle might be borne for the good of our poorer
COW to raise. They sell hest and they make the
most butter. He had kept three little cows, 2, 3
and years old respectively, and they made 20
lbs. of butter week. Cows that make great
deal of butter are heavy feeders. Cows should
be encouraged. through the winter. to eat all the
good clover hay they can, with some meal. They
should be kept up at night and let out in the
morning for exercise. The racks and troughs
should be cleaned out, the entire stable kept clean
and freshly Uttered daily. Butter making will
pay better than canning.
Johns II. Ianney had not made up his mind
which Is the best breed Of cows, but he did not
think Short Horns suit this country. 1t is true
their calves are fine and profitable To raise, but
he had or Short Horns for several years and
had to buy butter. Now he has two Jerseys and
that the Devons are the best stock for our farmers
to keep. The calves are good and they make fine
butter as the Jersey. The Ayrshire is also good
for milk and fair for beef, and a cross of Ayr
shire and Jersey makes good healthy and hardy
COW. Cows must be well fed to make plenty OF
milk and butter.
MIR. Janney thought Gamers make great mis-.
take in not building silos in which to preserve
their sugar corn fodder. People at the north
raise sugar corn for ensilage alone and we allow
hundreds of acres to go to waste. 1t cannot be
cured properly but it can be put in sio after we
are done canning. 1t would be better, however,
TO place 1t In the so while full of sap. The cost
of putting II In a solo is 81 ton. pit 20 feet
square and 10 feet deep will hold 1859 tons.-
Inc inside may be boarded up or the sides
cemented. 1t should be filled as full as it will
hold the stalks and blades being all cut up, and
when weighted 100 lbs. to the square foot will sink
one -fourth. Ensilage is no longer an experiment.
Butter making in winter Is more profitable than
at any other season, and with a silo and the COWS
coming In fresh in the fall, the butter will be
as good In the winter as In the summer. The
COWS should be fed on corn meal and ensilage
and night, with clover hay in the mid
die OF the day.
Mr.. John Moores doubted the economy of the
silo, on account of the great amount of extra
labor it would involve, but thought it might be of
advantage to Gamers, in saving their sugar corn
fodder.
s. b. Silver. the President. said that as we must
have milk and butter we should get Il good stock
of cows. and the Jersey or Attorney will do very
well for this purpose Durham bul crossed on
more could be made by raising them than by bny-
ing steers. Cows ahould be treated well Good
clover hay cut up with corn meal and bran on ii
makes good feed. He did not like fodder for
milk cows. AS it gives the butter light color and
a bitter taste Cows should be fed and MIXED
Adjourned To meet ut the residence of Mr.. r.
John Rogers, Saturday, February 9th. Subject:
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