Morris tribune., 1885-01-14
FARM NOTES.
A Cow with first Calf.


thinks she will not give more milk
than will keep her calf in good con-
dition, and let them run together to
teach her the mystery of being MIXED
when she has her next calf says an
exchange. In this decision there are
two mistakes that go far to spoil the
cow for future usefulness. "Cows,'
says contemporary, are largely crea-
lures of habit, and with their first
calf everything is new and strange TO
them, and they readily submit to be
MIXED and think it is all right but
| suffer them to runwith the calf the
| first season, and Il vicious habit is
established that they Will hardly for
get in Il life time. III they ever
submit to be MIXED quietly, it is evil
IDENTIFY under protest. But there is
greater objection than this-the calf
running with the cow draws the III ilk
every hour or two so that the milk
vessles are not at any time, distendcd
with milk, though the quantity sec.
creted in n given time may be large.
But this is the natural time to distend
the milk duets and expand the udder
to Il good capacity for holding milk
When, with her next calf, you require
the milk to be retained twelve hours,
the udder becomes hard and painful
and the milk leaks from the teats, or
more likely nature accommodates the
quantity of milk secreted to the ca
pacity to retain it, and the cow be-
comes permanently small milker.
Much of the future character of q cow
therefore, depends upon her treatment
with her first calf. Everything that
disturbs the quietIess of Il cow i'm
pairs the milk both in quantity and
quality. To obtain the best results,
therefore, there should he a regular
time and place of milking, and as far
rs possible the milking should be
done by the same person. Any cow
can be MIXED dry III Il few weeks by
Irregular milking, sometimes at in
|
sometimes of six. Separation from
her usual company, a change to new
location, strange milker, and above
all clustering manner and scOldine
voice, are sources of irritation that
more or less impair the milking quail
ties of cow. No cow under the in
fiuence of fear will give her full guam
tity of milk.-Minneapolis Tribune
The following is from the Chicago
Dairyman: If we were asked what
is the vital moment with milk, we
J would say, the hour after it come:
, from the COW. Milk, as it leaves thu
udder, is about SO degrees Fahrenheit
and it is poured in large cans, will re
! tain heat of ninety for hours, if th'
weather is warm, Decomposition
!, may be said to begin with milk thu
moment it leaves the udder, and,ther'
is nothing like heat to accomplish
: this. To avoid the danger, the onl.
, way is to cool the milk at once
: Place the can IN Il trough or tub o
> fresh, cool water. If ice can be pu
. in the water all the better. If mill
: is to be kept oyer night to go to tn
3 factory in the morning TIE abov
| practice is imperative. The coo
g nights of the fall months are particu
= larry misleading to the dairymen
r They think, because the nights ar
l cool there is no need for taking tn
= trouble to cool the milk when frs
} drawn from the COW. No one SHOULD
4 ever trust his own feelings as to til
e condition of the weather. Away
t consult the thermometer, but eve
p the coolest nights will not save tn
L. milk if it Is allowed to remain hot i
l the cans for any length of time.
How to Attach Boy to Farm Life.
| One of the surest methods of attach
t ing boy to the farm is to let hir
4 have some thing upon it as his OWE
o Give him small plot Of ground
i. cultivate allowing him the proceed
Y for his own use. Let him have hi
: own steers to break, or is sheep t
Y care for. The ownership of even
Q fruit tree, planted, pruned and brougl
t to bearing with his own hands, wi
= inspire him with interest that n
] mere reward or wages Can give. 1
l addition to the taste for farm life
l which such q course will cultivate
[ the practical knowledge gained b.
4 the boy will be of the highest value
Q Being interested he will be n.i:u OF
servant, and will thoroughly :ear
t whatever is necessary for his success
Q Do not when the boy is in a ~ ito
. to realize from the sale of his produc
: or animals Gas many farmers yer,
e wrongly do) take the money that i
. rightly his-the result of his care, Ia
: Dor and anxiety; but otherwise alloy
3 him to do just as his taste and plan
: suggest. Another and equally i'm
s portant advantage will be to accuston
4 him early to feel the responsibility
4 Many young men, though we'll &C
Q quainted with all the manual opera
tions of the farm, fall utterly whel
intrusted with the management of al
: estate for want Of all experience Ii
: planning for themselves. 1t is O grea
: deal better that responsibility shoul
be gradually assumed than that
: young man should be first thrown
f upon himself on attaining his ma
g ELECTROMAGNETIC in Farmer
: Tribune.
Professor Shelton, of the Kansa
Agricultural College puts the question
ofsheltering stock in an exceedingl,
pointed manner. He has lately beef
z feeding ten steers in an experimental
= way. He found that for the period o