Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-07-10
FARM NOTES


venting failure in dairying the greatest
mistake made by dairymen is that of
buying their fresh cows instead of rails
ing them ON the farm. The d@iryman
does not wait IS patiently for the calf
TO grow as he does for his crops to ma
ture, and when a choice cow becomes
dry she is sent to the shambles, and a
new one, fresh, with a calf by her side,
is procured as a substitute. The yearly
introduction of cows into the herd from
other localities has brought disease also,
although each animal may have been
apparently in excellent health when
purchased. IL is safe TO assert that no
dairyman has ever been cursed with
that scourge-abortiOn-in his herd if
he has not bought cows from Othe
points. Where the cows have been
raised on the farm they have been bred
from selected stock, not only for yield
OF milk and butter but also for hardI-
ness and freedom from disease, but
when a cow is bought from another
point 10 be added To the herd the only
quality required is that she is fresh, and
recently calved- IL is we'll known that
the most expert dairyman will fail in
his judgment of the milk and butter
qualities Of a COW until he has tested
her at the pail, and there is always
more or less risk of procuring a very un-
desirable animal
IL requires two o. three years TO pro-
cure a fresh COW by breeding for her on
the farm, which prompts the dairyman
to buy his cows, but that il is more
economical 10 raise them is easily de-
mOnstrated, provided the stock il
graded up To a higher standard of ex-
,elleuce 10y the use of thoroughbred
males. The greatest loss or time Is dur
ing the period of growth, but after the
heIfer comes IN she Will, IN a short time
not only give a quantity of milk and
butter equal TO the animal that pre-
ceded her, but Will reimburse the
iairyHan for the time lost before she
became remuueratiye. IL is not so
much a matter of feeding, although
feeding Is important, as il is to secure
The largest Weld possible, for in dairy
tng an extra quart per day may turn a
loss into 4 profit. When the thrift
Jt the flock Is also considered the
home-bred cows are always IN the ma
Ority
As long rs cows are purchased in
stead of being bred no improvement Is
possible. IL is u good average II every
COW in 4 herd Will Weld seven quarts OF
milk every day in the year, and this !
average Is greatly leSSeued where cows
are annually purchased To replace those |
.hIt dry off, but the records of some of I
he noted cows of the pure breeds show /
that It is possible to obtain over forty /
quarts of milk per day, while one COW |
Is said 10 have produced nearly seven /
pounds of butter per day for one week /
These facts demonstrate that If the /
iairyman viii grade up his cows their |
weld of milk may be greatly increased, /
and that many Of the failures in dairy /
ug are due To the omission of the /
!airyman TO raise his own cows, and
% raise them from his choicest animals
GRINDING OATS WITH Conn
Corn meal alone is not merely too
hearty, but il is decidedly too heavy for
healthful food. For Use on the table
Il is lightened IN various ways, and
generally eaten with something else
likely TO compact in the stomach. 1t Is
necessary 10 do the same with it for
stock, especially ir the corn is ground.
There Is usthing bette- 70 grind with
corn than oats. Their hull makes the
mixture much ughteT, and the grain it
sell supplements some of the Geiicien-
s.eS of the corn Oats are also excel
lent to put in with corn in the ear,
when the latter IS TO be ground. Unless
this is done II Is often hard for the mil
ler TO make the cob grind fne enough.
II any way damp the cob breaks up into
pieces, and only the grain is ground
and that poorly. Somehow the mixture
Of one-half of the bulk of corn in the
Oob Of oats or barley will give the mil
Ter an advantage in working the whole
up rs finely as may be desired.
HAULING out fresh manure for crops
that are TO be planted on the manure is
unwiSe. Before the plants can derive
benefit from the manure IL must first
tecompOSe in the soil and its elements
dissolved by the rains. Well-rOtted,
decompOsed manure is always the best
Tor any crop. If the manure is unie-
composed it will not become available
as plant food to its fullest extent until
the next season. The more litter in the
manure the slower the process of de-
composition.
LAST year it was demonstrated by
those who made special experiments TO
determine the matter Of feeding for fat
or lean, that 4 steer or hog can be
made to attain heavy weight, with a
tair proportion of fat and lean, by feed
ing for lean Is by the former method of
feeding to secure weight of fat only.
The relative cost of each system of pro-
duction Is nearly the same, but the
quality of the carcasses that were even
ly interspersed with both fat and lean
were far superior to the carcasses that
largely abound in fat.
20 have pasture well stocked with
grass the pasture should be divided into
two sections, which allows the grass to
grow IN one while the cattle are grazing
on the other. When grass is kept too
close, and constantly trampled 10y the
animals, il Is liable TO be killed should
a drought come. BY alternating stock
On pastures the grass will grow better
and the animals secure more food with
less labor.
AS THE hens can find a large share Of
their food ut this season they must be
ted very sparingly, or they VIII not
lay. This season grass has been plenti-
ful in some quarters, and il makes eN>
cellent food for poultry, either for those
on the range or that are confined, only
that, in the case of fowls confined in
yards, the grass should be chopped into
short lengths before being fed 70 the
hens
A CANADIAN exchange says of ma
nure from the dairy: \ wrll-fed COW
Of full size Will pass about bushel of
=Nerement daily, weighing about
thirty-tive TO forty pounds. If mixed
with a due proportion of straw, to han
lie reaiIly, this Will make a good
wagon load for every month in the
wear.