News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16

OIten the profits made from the
best COWS go te@ffray the losses on
the others.
1t is generally; considered now that
feeding cattle after they are three
years old is losing business.
There have been 200 imported bulls
sold in Nebraska this season, and
there is said to be call for as many
more.
Turning the COWS on clover pasture
is perhaps the best means of increas-
ing the milk yield and making a
greater quantity of yellow butter.
The little calves should have a
shady run, or be kept in the stable
during the heat of the day. The
flies and heat will do them great harm
unless some protection is afforded.
The dairy COW should be suited to
her mission in life and not be a mere
stock or beef animal, as her business
is to give milk, and not many beefy
animals are adapted to this purpose.
What advance in milk has been
made by the Holsteins is not easily
demonstrated. A few years ago they
were scarcely known. For a large
breed they mature early, grow fast
and are fit for the shambles when
their work in the dairy is finished.
The spring calves should be made
to grow very rapidly all this summer,
and be in good condition in the fall to
start into the winter; but this cannot
be expected if they are turned out to
pasture, without feed, as soon as they
learn to pick little grass, as is too
often the case. They should have
grain or milk, or both, twice day
regularly, all summer through if they
are expected to make fine large beeves
by the time they are two years old, as
they can be made to do.
Whatever else may engage the tar
mer's attention, the livestock must
receive its share. There is a tenden-
cy when grass comes, to turn stock
out. and pay no more attention to it,
under the mistaken impression that
the pasture furnishes all its require
mentas and " ar4r4m need no other att
tention. There are many little things
to see to about the stock, and these
require attention almost every day.
The sheep should be counted at least
once week, and seen every day, to
know if there are any missing, and
that nothing is wrong. The same
with cattle and hogs, and especially
should horses be seen and handled
each day. Horses are apt to receive
injuries, to get out of condition and
escape from their pasture, and for
these reasons they require close look
ing after.
An abundance of clean, loose lit
ter is a great help to the horses and
COWS to protect them from the stable
flies. Another great help is to keep
the stables clean and free from the
usual pungent odor which attracts
these pests. Fresh sawdust has been
found to be the best litter. Oak and
chestnut are better than pine, which
not only makes poor, dry manure,
but gives an odor to the milk. This
sawdust is cool, clean and an excel
lent absorbent, and slight brushing
of the COWS or horses soon frees the
skin from any adhering fragments.
Then if the stables are busted over
with Persian insect powder, pulled all
over the stanchions and stalls and the
backs and legs of the cattle in the
evening, all of which may cost fifty
cents a week for six or eight weeks,
the animals will rest In peace. Each
COW in the herd will pay back the
whole cost in increased product, made
possible by the freedom from suffer-
ing.