The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-13

country ought TO unite III Gaining Unem
Friesian. Every valuable animal of the
breed in this country traces its pedigree
back to Friesland. The association
ought by this time to have regained
sense enough to call its cattle by their
right name" We would observe that
while Friesia is the ancient name of the
largest province of Holland, or the
Netherlands, much better pane is the
one given to this stock when first inn
ported by that eminent Vermonter,
Consul Jarvis" DUTCH CATTLE"
Dutch cheese is known the world
over, and about every other exported
product of Holland is called Clutch :"
wherever the English language is
spoken. If w. w. Chenery of Mas
sachusetts had not been quite ignorant
of geography, the name " Holstein
never would have been attached to
these black and white cattle. Erie
sian " is much more correct, as a ge-
ographical name; but it would be
equally proper to call any product OF
New England by the name of single
New England state. The subject is
perhaps not worth so mucn comment,
for these Dutch cows are the givers of
the poorest milk known-so poor that
the milk inspectors of the cities are
often charging the producers of it with
watering, and only admit their inno-
cepce to be probable when they learn
that their cows are &" IIolstein."
MIXED RATIONs BEST.-It would
seem that enough has been said about
the necessity of 50 varying and mixing
the feed of all farm animals that they
should contain all the elements of nu-
triton in due proportion. But perhaps
this is one of the hard things for farm
ers to learn. 1t certainly is so in re-
gard to the feeding of plants, for we
are continually seeing and getting in
quiries which show that the necessity
of supplying all the elements of plant
nutrition to our crops is yet very i'm
perfectly understood. If this were not
so, we should not 50 often be asked, for
instance, 4" Which is the best fertilizer,
ashes or bone?" or complained of for
recommending finely powdered burnt
bone by a farmer who used it alone,
and got no crop. We never advised
using bone or ashes alone, but in com
bination with, or addition to, stable
manure. Now, here and there, is a
farmer who tries to feed his cows
mainly on ensilage, and condemns il
because it is not a perfect food. En-
silage or fodder corn does not contain
sufficient quantity of the element
which makes the lean meat on the COW
or the cheese in her milk. Our stock
need this heterogeneous element in theil
food, the same as our crops; and corn is
crop which, as it requires but little
nitrogen to grow it, so it gives but
little nitrogen to the animal that eats
it. They may gorge themselves, anC
in this way injure themselves, in the
vain attempt to satisfy the demand Of
their bodies for this element, which
the intelligent farmer knows that they
need, and will be careful to supply
with bran, cotton-seed meal, or some
other food which is rich in the flesh
forming element. AS an exchang,
says: " A COW will not eat too mucl
ensilage if she has a chance at othe
foods and is fed regularly enough t.
satisfy her appetite. But if kept in
half-starved state all the while, sh,
might be induced to eat enough a
once of almost any kind of food, if sh,
could get it, to do her injury. Thu
better way is to limit her daily ration
of ensilage to thirty or forty pounds
and then give her, in addition to he
grain feed, all the good, early-cut ha.
she will eat up clean"