Connecticut western news., 1885-12-09
Greed Of Ws.

Greed of Cows.
 It is hardly necessary to tell any one, says the Livestock Journal, that the domestic COW is a great feeder, and that this is especially true of cows that are great milkers. The appetites of domestic animals are largely what years of feeding for certain ends has made them, and they may, therefore, be regarded as in measure abnormal. This is shown clearly enough by the great milk and butter tests, which have shown that cows'can be system atically overfed up toa point where death quickly follows. This being the case, it is necessary in feeding COWS to be careful that feed of a stimulating, concentrated character be;administered. regularly and judiciously- The oVer-i indulgence which COW will practice at times, when allowed unrestricted access to grain or apples, is usually due not only to the greatly developed appetite induced by an abnormally active udder, but far more to q want of regularity in feeding and the neglect of the feeder to meet the demands of such an appe- tite as they develop. With proper feeding, COWS can be trained to take care of themselves with any kind of food before them. Even with apples, than which no kind of food is more dangerous to cows when indulged in to excess, this statement holds good, and when properly trained, being fed at first moderately and the quantity gradually increased, they seem to learn to measure the quantity their stomachs can manage, and may be as safely trusted in the orchard as any other animal. In the case of bovines the trouble arises from the unnatural distension of the rumen by habitually overcrowding it with coarse food in an effort to satisfy the appetite in- duced by any great draft upon the system. Thus stretched, it will hold more of concentrated food than the animal can digest before fermentation becomes active enough to be injurious. It may be stated here that, fed judic- iously, apples are a healthful, safe, and an excellent milk producing food.
 Care of Cellars.
 A great mistake is sometimes made in ventilating cellars and milk-houses. The object of ventilation is to keep the cellars cool and dry, but this object off, ten fails of being accomplished by a common mistake, and instead, the eel lar is made both warm and damp. A cool place should never be ventilated, unless the air admitted is cooler than the air within, or is at least as cool as that, or a very little warmer. The warmer the air, the more moisture it holds in suspension. Necessarily, the cooler the air, the more this moisture is condensed and precipitated. When 8 cool cellar is aired on warm day the entering air being in motion ap pears cool; but as it fills the cellar, the cooler air with which it becomes mixed chills it, the moisture is condensed, and dew is deposited on the cold walls, and may often be seen running down them in streams. Then the cellar is damp, and soon becomes mouldy. To avoid this, the windows should only be opened at night, and late-the last thing before retiring. There is no need to fear that the night air is un- healthful-it is as pure as the air of midday, and is really drier. The cool air enters the apartment during the night, and circulates through it. The windows should be closed before sun rise in the morning, and kept closed and shaded through the day. If the air of cellar is damp, it may be thoroughly dried by placing in it a peck of fresh lime in an open box. A peck of lime will absorb about seven pounds, or more than three quarts of water, and in this way a cellar or a milk-room may soon be dried, even in the hottest weather. A bushel of lime absorbes twenty-seven pounds of water, and still appears as a dry pow der. In this condition it will be very useful to spread over the garden or lawn, or around fruit trees, or it may be used for whitewash. This precau- tion is often necessary in the dairy, because of the prevalence, where air is damp, of miIdew, and the various forms of mould. The orange and red kinds of mould especially, which some times form upon the cream, have a most injurious effect upon the butter. -Ame1'ican AgricUlturist.
 Farm and Garden Notes.
 If shade is excessive about the house thin out some trees.
 Many primroses are killed every year by oVer-watering.