Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-06-20
THE DAIRY.
PURE WATER.


Much strees is laid upon the necessity Of
giving the cows pure water. What is pure
waterf One would suppose from what
some say on the subject that nothing but
water freshly pumped from well or run
ming from spring is fit for COW to drink.
That is just the kind of water cows do not
like; they like water that is little warm,
and if it is stagnant they don't object to it.
But bacteria, microbes, etc., will be
found in stagnant water and win get into
the milk Exactly SO, and they will not
hurt the milk nor the ones who drink it.
The fact is, that where cows drink from a
running stream, or from pool in the field,
there is no possibility of their not swal-
lowing myriads of microscopic beings, and
there is not the least danger of any injury
to the cow or to the users of her milk pro-
vided there are no germs of infectious dis
eases in the water, and this contingency
is so rare that it need alarm no one.
CHOKING CATTLE.
A correspondent in the Ner England
Homestead has an excellent, as well as
humane, way for the relief of choking cat
tie, and he thus describes it: when the
animal becomes choked, find the obstruc-
ton by feeling along the throat with one
hand. and in nine cases out of ten it is
found in the gullet. With the thumb and
fingers, the obstacle can be forced out of
the way it went in, and generally the ami
NAL is ready to assist in the removal. \
few years ago had a heifer that was T.
ed with apples every few days, and l..
cry instance removed them in this ".
without difficulty or danger of injuring the
animal. think anything which an ami
NAL gets into its throat and cannot ge;
down in the natural way should not be
punched or pushed down, thereby endan-
gering the life of the animal. but should b.
taken out the way il went in"
CAKED UDDER.
Following is a remedy for caked udder.
well tried and tested, from the Jersey BIZ;
lotin: Take one-half pint Of aqua ammonia.
one pint Of soft water, one or two teaspoon
fuls of spirits of turpentine, one and on,
half teaspoonfuls Of fluid extract of bella.
donna, one and one-half teaspooniuls ,f
fluid extract of fluid extract of phytolacca.
one and one half teaspoonfuls of saturate
tincture of camphor. Shake well and a..
ply with all the elbow grease and patien'
you can muster. Take about teaspoon
ful at time in the hollow Of the hand ard
gently, but with sufficient pressure, rub it
in the skin of the udder until the Slatter
gets dry and quite hot; support yourselflr
putting the unoccupied hand, with an &C.
cassional patting across the patients spir.
After having treated both sides, in FRI.
and rear (the latter as high up as the u;
der reaches), to doses OF liniment, get dow
under your COW and gently commen
knepding the bag, taking first the wh':e
and afterwards part of the udder between
the open hands, rolling the former un il
the formed Jumps are crushed, occasionally
milking bag empty. Stop use Of linimcnt
as soon as coagulation disappears, lut
keep up rubbing and milk often; By nj
means avoid granting, feed only very spar
ingly, give plenty of water and keep the
animal from getting cold.
BREEDS OF CATTLE.
By means Of experiments at the New
Hampshire station by Professor Whitc er
we are enabled to make comparison offour
four breeds, but we will only take the Jei-
seys and Ayrshires; they produce respcc-
lively 267t and 267 pounds Of butter from
t $50 and $3.50 pounds of milk respective
". With the Jerseys 100 pounds of butter
costs $l4 80, while with the Ayrshire the
cost is only $40 20; the cost Of the former
is ninety seven cents per 100 pounds 10
seventy eight cents for the latter. But 1t
takes only nineteen pounds Of milk fer
pound Of the Jersey butter, while 2l.s
pounds is the quantity ofAyrshire. These
facts may be interesting to farmers.
MANAGING SHEEP.
Upon the ordinary farm where sheep are
kept, but in limited numbers, and without
shepard, it is Of considerable importanoe
to be able to control the flock This IS
very successfully done by taking eve
lamb and bring it up by hand. Always
exercise kindness towards it, give 1t pame
and teach it to come at the call of its name
by giving it few kernels Of grain OF Some
kind or some food that it is particularly
fond Of When grown turn it with the
flock, and when they are wanted cnll Of
the cosset by name will bring it, and tue
rest of the flock will follow This is Pc
culiarity of sheep; when it starts all the rest
will follow no matter in what direction
they go, so if one is taught to call the the
others will follow. aud this saves the tror-
BILE of trying to teach the entire flock, ard
will be the means Of saving many steps.
CUTTING GRASS.
There is great deal said in agricultural
journals as to the proper time to cut grass.
We hardly think that any practical farmer
needs information about this, the Oldest
crop perhaps ever raised upon the furm,
and one no farmer ever thinks of doing
without. 1t is thing that presents itself
directly to the judgement and experience
of every farmer. The farmer is perfectly
familiar with the difference in quality and
in price Of hay cut at the proper time
that is Just when it is about done growing
and a later period when the blossoms
are dead and the stalk is beginning to lose
its fresh green appearance. No owner OF
horses, or those having charge of horses,
who knows anything about hay-end they
all ought to be familiar with this 'lnpor-
tant and expensive article Of food-can
readily judge ofits quality from its e"lr
and size or stiffness Of stalk
We are speaking Of timothy, which is al
most wholly used for driving horses at
least though mixture of one-fourth or
one eighth Of clover is preferable by many.
Clover should, Of course. be out earlier
say when the heads are in full bloom-and
cured as rapidly as possible, and as moder-
ately as will answer to store away without
fear of moulding. 1t is then worth full
third more than if allowed to stand until
the blossoms are dead, when 1t loses
portion Of its sweetness and becomes brit
tie, the heads breaking of and in great
measure lost.
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