The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-16

And she is right; as when all things are
thought over, the milk from good family
COW, well fed with sweet nutritious grass
and sound grain, and watered with pure,
fresh spring water, and housed in little
stable, well-bedded with dry forest leaves,
IS delight that cannot be appreciated
until once realized by actual possession.
How to keep such cow, feed and milk
her, is the scope of this article. The COW
should be purchased, if possible, from some
farmer living solhe distance from the
city, one who cares for his stock, and whose
word can be relied upon. Such an animal
will, as general rule, be healthy, and give
good, wholesome milk. And to get such
an animal it would be- wise, even if a
few dollars more would have to be paid
For general purposes, good native cow,
with some Ayrshire or Devon blood cours-
ing through her veins, will as a general
thing, give the best satisfaction, as they are
extremely hardy, and their milk contains
all those elements so necessary for the
growth and development of children.
II plenty of good, rich milk is called for,
the COW should have two quarts of mill
feed and two quarts Of cornmeal mixed to-
] gether, and fed dry; one-half in the morn
ing whilst being MIXED, and the other half
at night, and during the day plenty of
| good pasture and clean water to drink. and
when it is very hot the COW should be kept
In the shade, as extreme heat is very in
! furious to the animal and also TO her milk.
! She should be kept i'll a large, roomy stable
and well-bedded, and after the mornings
! milking well-carded and brushed down
/ This is just as important to the animal as it
is to man to wash his face and comb his
hair. By this carding the pores of the
skin are kept open aud the hide is kept
| loose, and thus the animal is kept in health.
AS pasturage fails from the effects of the
, summer heat, one-quarter of an acre of
! corn sowed in rows during the early part
of May, on rich ground, can be relied upon
| to supplement her other food and keep up
a generous supply of milk during July and
! August.
Many persons spoil a good COW by not
milking properly. There is wrong and
u right way, and it takes time to become
| proficient in it. Have a bucket with some
water and towel and wash the cows bag
and wipe dry, and then proceed to milk,
first having the persons hands clean; grasp
the teats with both hands and draw, and
squeeze gently at the same time and quite
rapidly, and milk until the last drop of
milk is drawn out. Allowing milk to
remain in the bag will tend to dry up the
COW much sooner than if MIXED clean In
ten minutes time cow should be MIXED,
and whilst being MIXED no laughing or
talking should be INDUCED in.
In the early part of September the
ground upon which the corn-fodder grew
should be plowed up, made fine and rich
and seeded in rye, at the rate of four
bushels per acre, aud if put in early, and on
good ground, an abundance of rich green
tool can be cut off of it about the first of
the following May
A COW should by all means have a pasture
to run in, and in the winter allowed plenty
of exercise in warm yard, and kept out Of
cold storms of rain. These rules are sim
pc, and should DO looked after by the head
of the house, for if left to the help, how
ever how good hemay be- it will soon degen-
crate into mechanical duty, and may be
not done at all. Living in the country has
its drawbacks, and only those get their full
satisfaction who are painstaking and
methodical, not for day or week, but the
! year round.
A very good substitute may be found in
lieu of a dairy by having good, substan-
tial trough made of white pine timber, l =
inches thick. and IL inches wide and high,
and six feet long. This trough should be
well put together by carpenter, the joints
laid in white lead, and at each end piece
Of wire cloth inserted to allow ventilation,
and to exclude flies, and with close-fttlng
lid that can be locked, will answer very
well. This trough should be placed in the
pump shed, and by means of a small
trough fresh water should be pumped into
| it every night and morning.