St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-24
Butter Makers.

A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
says that in starting in on any variety
of feed, such as ensilage, grain,
roots, ETC., better portion the
first foddering out sparingly than
too tiushingly. We all know
how cattle will gorge themselves when
they break into an enclosure containing
| rank feed. or gain access to stored pro-
vender, amt they will likewise gOrman-
dlZe, II their owner is so indiScreet as to
| excessively fodder them.
The American CultivatOr says: If
the farmer continues to chop up corn
stalks and other coarse feed by hand,
he need not wonder if his sons take
dislike to farming and quit 1t at the
earliest chance they find for some
pleasanter employment. Many
young man leaves the farm because
he has liking for machinery, and
desires to engage In work where he will
direct the forces of steam or horse
power rather than do anything with his
own muscles. Such young man is
Just now especially needed on the farm.
More and more is skill with complicated
mechanism needed in the ordl-
nary operations of the farm.
In a few years we believe that
majority OF farmers will find it prOfita-
Die to keep steam engine to saw wood,
cut fodder and furnish power for many
operations now performed by hand.
More than one boy has acquired a per-
manent dlStaSte for farming, from being
required, hour after hour, to turn grind
stones or swing the revolving churn.
A writer in the Agricultural Gazette
Qreland) says that the actual average
life of cow is eight years. yet her pro-
ductlVe life may be prolonged to twenty
years. The best cow he owns is the
thirteenth cali of her dam. He
knows an Ayrshire cow that
gives thirteen quarts of milk in
day when she is too old for age to be
detected by her horns. He asks IN view
OF these and other similar instances,
why are cows useless at eight years old?
A COW properly cared for is then in her
prime, and may compare with a man
forty years old.
The American Cuitivator says: When
a cow is thin, and especially if she he
losing flesh, her milk cannot be rich in
fat, and what there is will make poor
butter aud come slowly. This is the
trouble that many farmers fini a
the beginning of winter. Cream that
could be made into butter in fif-
teen or twenty minutes has now
to be churned an hour or more. The
remedy is to feed the cows more
heavily, and with something that will
increase fat as well as milk flow. If the
cow be worth keeping as mixer she
will not dry up and become beefy un-
der such treatment. If she does it is a
fair warning that she is worth more to
the butcher than for the dairy.
The New England Farmer says: In
connection with the Vermont tests an
interesting experiment was made to
show the effect of the, disturbing con-
ditions of transportation, heat, dust
and noise, incident to taking animals to
great fair. The same cows which APP
peared at the fair were subsequently
tested at home on their recovery
from the journey, and showed gain of
from three to six pounds of milk each
per day. The difference in quality of
milk was marked in the Jerseys, but
there was scarcely any difference in the
case of the Ayrshires. This would
seem to indicate that the highly nerv-
Gus temperament of the Jersey is more
susceptible to disturbing influence
than that of the Ayrshire. Au-
other interesting facts were brought
out. The general rule is that when a
COW gives large flow of milk, the milk
is not so rich. but increases in quality
as it decreases in quantity. In the case
of the Jerseys the decrease in the guam
tity of milk on taking them to the fair
responding decrease in quality. They
give less milk and that of poorer
quality at the fair.