St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-17
A poor, COW.
A Ma chine That Needs to Be of the
Best Texture and Kept ali Right.

A Ma chine That Needs to Be of the
Best Texture and Kept ali Right.
A. l.. Crosby in Farm and Fireslde:
There is one thing sure, it will not
pay to keep poor COW; i don't mean
poor in flesh. for some of the best cows
are in that condition when in full milk.
but one that gives poor yleld-pOor i'll
quantity and quality. IL costs almost
az much to keep poor cow that 1t does
to keep good one, and while the good
one will be profitable, the other will be
just the reverse. But there are many
so situated that they cannot afford TO
buy good cows, and having lot OF poor
ones, what are they to do? The only
thing to do in such ease is to breed to
q pure-bred dairy bull or else give up
dairying. Bulls of any of the dairy
breeds can now be bought at reasonable
prices, and nothing will pay better. as
an investment, than good bull to use
i'll herd of poor cows. The poorer the
cows the greater the relative improve
ment in the result of breeding to pure
bred bull.
Better feed must be given to the
cows; even scrub cows will pay the diff
ference in cash between good and bad
feed. A poor COW fed on poor feed will
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poor COW fed on good feed, though not
profitable piece of property. may be SO
managed that she will not bring her
owner into debt. A cow fed on just
about enough to sustain life cannot be
expected to give much milk, or to put
much richness into what little milk she
gives, but give her more and better
feed and she Will show its effect in the
pail. The Improvement will be more OF
less rapid, according to the previous
bad feeding, but Improvement there
must be in some way. and ii only Ill the
shape OF Increase on flesh it will enable
her owner to dispose of her at some
thing like fair price, and SO save the
useless expense OF further feeding an
improbable animal.
1t is astonishing how some men Will
illtreat their cows. abuse them in every
way, when every bit of abuse takes
money out OF their owners pockets. L
Ouce knew ii dairynan who drove his
cows by means OF 1t dog anu hard swear
ing; every evening in summer you could
tell half mile Off by the barking Of the
dog and the yells of the man that the
COWS were being driven up to the stable
to he milked sa
Cows must be treated with gentlenesS
III Tic UtSt ItSultS dlC C&pS1CAcNs NHN tiiio
is one of the first Things that ought to
be learned in cow-keeping. The man
vino cannot put his hand Oh any one Of
his COWS in yard or field IS not up to the
mark by any means.
Cows should lie kept in comfortable
stable in cold weather and have plenty
OF bedding To lie on. Many a stable is
full of cracks that let in the cold, and
every one OF these cracks must be paid
for by extra feed. Ii the extra feed is
not given, part or all Of that which
would have gone TO the production OF
milk will go toward keeping the COW
warm. 1t takes just So much feed to
support life in cow when she is kept
as comfortable as possible: the feed con-
Sumed beyond this amount goes 10 the
making of flesh and milk. Now, if the
COW is in very cold stable, this addi-
tional feeu may all go to support life,
and the cow just holds her own; Of
course, there is no profit in keeping
cows in this way.
milk will raise all of its cream if set
in any of the old OF new-fasbiOned ways,
though the portable creamery will give
the best results, all things considered,
but the cream needs better care than 1t
usually gets in many farm diaries. Ii
the cream is allowed to stand for several
days until there is enough on hand to
ul;tke churning, it should be kept cool
enough to prevent it from getting sour,
ana be thoroughly stirred twice day;
then, the day before it is churned. it
sAOuld be set in temperature sui
ficieDtly warm to make it slightly acid,
ana when churIed tempered to 80 or
Cd deg, according to the season OF the