Daily Republican., 1885-08-24
AG leu l. TU R A L
WHEN SHOULD A COW GO DRY.

WIEN odOOL LID "A COW 10 DRY.
There is such a thing as burning :
candle at both ends. One may easily
10 this in the dairy, and while tn,
good, easy man" THU ks he is making
good deal Of light at the same cost,
suddenly his caLdle may go out. THU
Kind OF thing may 20 on when on
milks the cows up to the time of calv-
lag or near 1t, and even encourages IL
BY feeding .s to that end. But then 1t
may not. And it is the dairyman' 4
business to know all about 1t and Ike
any general rule for his guide. Th, re-
is no rule without o multitude of tx
ceptions, and these are numerous az
times, places ana circumstances; and as
circumstance alter cases, 80 the reply
to the Queet.on we have put above de-
ponds upon circumstances.
There are cows Lust will not 60 dry
but will milk from calf to calf. Is the
tairyman 10 worry himself and the
COW in useless 6e lance of her natural
habit? By no means. He must suit
his case to tue cirrumsfanc; and re-
duce the milk yield a. mach as possibl.
by milking once dag perhaps. and
compensate the COW for her extra bur
deu BY giving her more feed up to safe
liU!t. What this limit may be depends
wholly upon the ability of the COW to
BEAUTIFULLY digest and dispose of the
food. And no one buI the intelligent
owner can say what this limit may be,
for 1t will vary as cows vary, and nc
two COWS are precisely alike. As long
as the COW is In thriving condition, not
losing fesh or making fat, the limit La
not reached.
;Butas . rule, to be contracted and
expanded judiciously and saSely, II
misbt be said that COW should bt
dried off six weeks befoi Q she is due to
calve. That up to that time she should
be literally fed in the usual manner
that thenceforth her food should be cur
tailed or oven changed to dry hay; and
II her condition il reduced socsse W hat,
30 much the better. 1t will make II
safer for her and the calf. The milk
ing may be done once . day, or not
the udder. We have even taken q little
milk several times day fron a COW III
this condition, with the effect OF
rapidly drying the udder. But it is a
dangerous thing and one to be avoided
to leave any considerable quantity OF
milk in cows udder at this time
The Dairy.
HOW MUCH SEED WHEAT FER ACRE.
One of the questions to which there ID
no definite ans wer Is, how much wheat
shall be sown to the acre? Much depends
on the oondit on of the soil. the degree
of fertility. the time of sowing, the liza.
bility to injury from birds and insects,
and on the subsequent character of the
season. As rule less seed is required
when sown with drill than broadcast
less when sown early, than VIII en- sown
late. In western New York, some farm
ers SOW only one bushel per acre; still
more SOW FIVE pecks with . drill, and
sig pecks, IL broad cast.
Occasionally two bushels per acre are
sewn, but probably the average Is one
and a half bushels. The American
Agriculturist has readers in Britain
where three bushels are sown and
again, in sections OF our own country,
where three pecks are the rule To the
inexperienced, we can give nc GetteI
ad vice, than to recon end them to ash
their neighbors. There is generally
sosae good reason for . prevailing prsc
tioe. If you think your neiRhbozs are
sowing too much, SOW a little less il
you think they are sowing too little, SOW
peck more. Do not show your inde-
perdsnce by halving or doubling an II
you do you are pretty certain to make .
mistake