Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-10
KEEP,No ONE COW,
New rs.iis Gov sss.,a Ne Treated
and Yod.

New . Ha.iiy Cow shsuid Ne TREATED
Many families. especially those living
10 towns, keep single COW chlsdy for
tho purpose Of supplying the household
With milk. With butter a. low - It's
Ut present, II Is cheaper to buy It than
TO manufacture II on . small scale
village people are rarely experts In
butter.making. and 1t 10 difficult TO
make very choice article whom but
one COW Il kept. The amount Of milk
Ii small, and most Of that 10 likely TO
DO consumed by members Of the family.
Some viii DO set for cream TO DO used
In coffee, for converting into ice.cresm,
and for eating on fresh fruits when they
ere In their season. The skinned milk
can be used to advantage In making
broad. Some Of the milk can be con-
verted into cottage cheese, which Is be-
coming favorite article Of food. Gen.
orally there Is very little trouble in dis
posing Of the milk that Is not wanted
BY the family. Many will prefer milk
frcsh from the COW TO that which Is dis
tributed by the ordinary milkmen.
Some persons have u preference for
warm milk. and will pay literally to
obtain II. For infants the milk Of one
cow Is preferred to q mixture Of the
milk given by several cows. In many
cases a family can supply itself with
milk given by one cow and sell enough
to pay for her feed.
When but one COW is kept 1t should
be good one in all respects, 1t should
yield large mess Of rich milk during
at least nine months in thctscar. The
COW should be easy to milk, as persons
who are not accustomed to the dairy
will do the milking. She should have
largo, well formed teats, that arc easy
to clasp by the hand. She should have
no vicious habits, as hooking and kick.
ing. She should be Of gentle DISPOSE.
ton. and take kindly to being petted.
Such q COW can not be obtained for
small sum. A Jersey, Holstein or
Ayrshire COW will generally be found
TO give the best satisfaction. A COW
that Is registered in the herd book OF
tho breed to which she belongs Is not
necessary to the production Of large
amount Of good and rich milk. A
high grade will answer the purpose Of
milk producer. But general pur.
pose COW" Is not wanted. Persons
living in villages and large towns can
hot fatten with profit COW that Is too
old TO be good mixer. They want q
cow simply for the purpose Of giving
milk. When too old to give q liberal
amount Of milk, she should be disposed
OF for what she will bring to some
farmer or feeder. A family that keeps
but one cow will find no profit in rails.
ing calves or in producing beef.
When single cow is kept for sup.
plying a town family with milk she
should be literally fed with a variety
Of food. Hay is the cheapest food for
cows kept In the country. In large
town, however. meal. mill.stuffs and
oil.cake are quite as cheap rs hay, while
they are more easily housed and fed
out. Hayis bulky kind Of stock food,
and rs o rule barns In towns are quite
small. OF course, a cow will require
some hay every day, but the amount
need not be very large. 1t should be
Of the best quality, rs that which con.
tains foul weeds or has become even
slightly moldy win impsrt an unpleas.
SAINT flavor to the milk. In towns that
contain fouring-mills bpm. shorts and
corn.peal can be obtainf ~ low ,ates,
and these should consulate the princi'
pal food for the cowA Cows kept in
partial confinement will digest ground
grains better than they will dry hay.
and will produce more milk when fed
on them. The kitchen will afford con.
siderable food for the cow In the stable.
All the potato and apple skins, the tops
and fragments OF all kinds Of ,ege.
tables. and the pieces Of stale bread
will furnish q change Of food and be the
means of increasing the yield of milk.
Chicago Times.