The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-04-12
Agriculture.
MIA DAiryi.s.

Henry sie~sr, ssys 10 the dmcsols ~
rici.suris; The production OF milk for sale
ID business Of very large eItebi The
auaniiy Of milk sold ADD used for domes-
tic purposes By others than farmers Is un-
qnesiionsbly equal 10 one. tenth - much
~ that used 10 butter aud cheese making
With sir millions farmers Who produce
milk 10 our whole population. and whose
families comprise thirty million persons,
there are ~ many mere Ia the United
States Who consume milk. and esiimaiing
one guar, rs the daily consumption OF each
family Of FIVE persons. there must be at
least million cows kept for the produe-
ton Of milk for sale. This business is al
ways Increasing with the growth OF cities
and towns. which require systematic sup
ply.
The cows most desirable for this indus
try are large bodied animals, that give an
abundant yield OF fairly good milk, con-
tanning sufficient solid matter to mark .
specific gravity OF l. OBJ on the scale OF the
lactomelcr II will not pay in this bust
ness 10 rear calves. or TO bsye dry coas
feeding three months without profit A
constant succession OF fresh cows must lie
kept up by purchase, and the failing COWS
must be disposed OF TO the butchers. 1t
would be more profitable 10 give them
away THAI 10 keep them TO rear calves.
Hence costly pure bred cows cannot he
kept unless profit can be- made of the
calves sufiicien, to pay for the expenses OF
carrying the COWS through their dry time,
The COWS most desired for this business
Holsteln Friesians. Many breeders Of fine
pure bred Holsteins. which are large milk
ers, and whose milk is excellent for this
purpose, devote their herds to the produc.
ton Of milk for sale. 6odiDg a good de
mand for the calves, which sell ut prices
" hich repay the cost OF rearing them.
Some Az rshire breeders do the came with
equal profit But, as rule II is best to
attend to cue thing at time In business,
aud the milk dairyman will find tho best
cows for his use to be the grade Short
horns, Holteius or Ayfsbires, The frs,
being the best for beef. fattening very
easily aud rapidly when the yield OF milk
is falling below q profitable point. which
IS from to 10 quarts a day; the second
making fair beef, especially II they have
cross OF Shorthorn III their breeding, aud
the third being fairly good beef cattle for
local consumption. Each kind Is a good
milking COW and produces heavy, we'll
| Favored and dense milk which goes long
way in coloring tea and coffee. and suits
the necessities OF consumers ia every way.
In the summer the cows are pastured,
| but get their usual ration OF con meal, and
when the grass begins to fail, are fed green
crops cut aud carried to the yard, or into
the feeding lots where they are kept. The
principal crop fed is corn fodder, grown
| n drills and cultivated as well as if plant
ed for grain. The maiu crop on these
farms is grass for pasture and hay, and
| Western corn is purchut ed for feeding
| The reason for this is, that corn is thus
produced more chesply and easily than IT
can be grown here, and can be purchased,
while bay is not easily transported. and
cannot be bought prohtably. Coarse feed
should slwa, be grown 10 preference to
grain food and this cannot be procured
outside OF the farm, while the other can
not.
Partial soiling liz indispensable for feed
ing the cows on q milk farm, for regular
supply OF milk must be had every day and
this can only be kept up after the grass
fails by liberal feeding OF succulent green
FODDER. Ensilage is also most useful re
source, as it provides succulent food IN
winter. Where satisfactory supply OF
brswers' grains, glucose meal and malt
sprouts can be procured chesply, these
will take the place OF ensilsge and can be
preserved in the same way. With these
10 DDS, bay must be fed as complementary
10 lder, and the two kinds will be suffer
On, for all purposes without ensiage