, 1885-01-31

some Points which Formers and Dair
men VIII Do well to study Over.

several points, Whlch IN my judgment,
the farmers COW ought TO possess. She
should be Of good size that she may
produce a calf that will be profitable to
raise for beef Il male, and also that
she herself may be profitable turned
into beef as soon as by age, her milk.
ing powers show signs Of failing, and
here ] wish to make this point A ma
jority Of farmers keep Their cows too
long. / believe that except in the case
Of those wh,ch prove extraordinary
profitable for milk or butter, or possess
some qualities which render them su-
perior, 1t will be more profitable TO fat
ten cows at from five TO eight years old
than 70 milk them longer. II you will
look at the market reports in any Of
our papers you find the poorest grade
Of cattle quoted at from Sl.75 to ". 25
per hundred, and in the same papers
you will see good fat cows quoted at
from q to S5 per hundred. In
visiting the stock yards have
seen pens Of old bony cows,
with wrinkled horns and protrnding
hips, and have ceased to wonder at these
low quotations. Aside from the differ
ence Of twO cents per pound or more in
price at selling time, these cows have
often been kept for some years at a
loss, and II sold five or more years
sooner this double loss m ght have been
avoided. II COW milks hard or does
not prove TO be gentle. l never milk her
more than one season. II she is fair,
ordinary COW, turn her for beef when
10 her prime, but occasionally find q
COW that possesses such 4 comb nation
Of valuable quail ties that keep her to
old age, and have kept such cows at q
profit till nearly twenty years old.
Another point will make is, that for
the farmer 10 Is more desirable that the
COW give large amount Of milk, than
that It be very rich. know this is con-
trary to the general Opin on, and that
the TACT that a small quantity Of milk
will make a pound Of butter is ord;na-
rily considered decisive Of good COW.
] affirm that for the farmer the COW
which gives four gallons Of milk day,
from VII ch ten pounds of butter {
week Is made, Is worth more than the
one which produces the same amount oI
butter from two gallons Of milk pei
day. The average price Of butter Is 50
low that when We take into considera'
ton the labor to produce and prepared
Tor market, there Is often greater nci
profit from the skim milk fed to stock
than from the butter, II have de
scribed the COW most profitable to the
farmer, she certainly Is not a Jersey,
for most Of this breed are understood
and give but a moderate quantity Of
very rich milk. In addition 70 this,
her milk, though rich in butter, is quite
poor after it has been skinned, so that
It is worth much less for feeding than
that Of some other breeds. I have
found It a decided advantage to the
quality OF the product TO have one Jer-
sey COW to each two or three others in
the herd. as their milk gives butter OF a
better color and tirmer texture than
from most other breeds.
After careful experiment l conclude
that, as n rule, more profit can be had
from 4 COW that comes in flesh in the
fall than in the spring. There are sew
eral reasons for this; /. The COW Is
usually 10 better condition In fall than
in the spring. A'tcr = COW has run
dry on pasture for two months or
more in the summer. she Is usually in
better flesh and condition for calv-
ing and giving milk than II she comes
In in early spring after months Of dry
feed. 2. Again, the COW that calves in
the fall goes on fresh pasture Just at
the time she would begin to shrink in
her mix, and the season Of hush milk
ta rswrN1aara1 n NNl.. II
butter is considerably greater from oo-
tober 10 May than from May to OctO-
Der, so that we can make greater
profit from the COW that is fresh in the
fall. The mot disagreeable season Of
the year to milk. and the hardest to
make a good quality Of butter is during
the heat Of summer, and at this season
II Is wise 10 produce only what the
family requires. 8. find a fall calf
can be raised with less trouble than
one born in spring, for the rea on that
II does not require the same care to
winter q calf that Is a full year old,
and has had an entire season on grass,
that 1t does the spring calf weaned in
the fall. and must spend six months on
dry feed before It goes to pasture. The
profitable way TO fAtten a COW is to fat
ten and milk at the same time, II you
do not breed the COW she can usually
be MIXED at profit from eighteen
months to two years, and occas onally
you will find one that eau be MIXED a
much longer time. A COW in her
pr.me-say from six to eight
years old - that has given
milk year or more can be
MIXED all winter and dried the first Of
Apr l, and in four weeks go to the
butcher at the season OF the year when
beef is always scaTcest and highest ia
price. The fattest cows | ever sold
were MIXED up to the day the butcher
took them, and calculated that the
milk through the winter paid the elt 10
expense Of fatteniDg. | have often
bought n the fall a thrifty COW, with the
marks Of a good feeder, that under the
treatment she was receiving. was civ
Ing out three or four quarts Of m TX a
day, but under full feed soon increased
to two gallons and kept up the flow till
she went to the butcher in the spring.
and usually sell at an advance Of from
Sl2 to s25 above cost. The quality OF
the milk from q fulfilled farrOW COW is
very superior 10 that from a fresh COW.
l have found this plan Of milking for a
long I me without breeding especially
valuable with old cows. Occasionally
one gets hold Of a COW that possesses so
many valuable qualities that b, wishes
to keep her as long as possible. After
such COW passes her prime, breed her
to come in in the fall when in good
order. and then feed 20 AZ to keep her
up and milk as long as she will pay for
keeping, have MIXED for thirty-sevcn
months. and have known cases where q
COW has been MIXED for five years with
out breeding. - Waldo p. BroUH, ia
Country Gent emdH.
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"A discussion In England has brought
out the fact that the clcrgymans con
ventional dress is simply a modification
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