Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-24
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APPLES FOR cows.
Yes, but Look out That the Cows Do
Not Choke.

Yes, but Look Out That tho Cows DO
Not Choke.
This region has been favored with a
bounteous apple crop, and the fruit is
now in mature state. On every dairy
l1rm besides the grated orchard there
are scores and hundreds of apple trees Of
the natural fruit" orders scattered
through field and pasture. These hardy
and thrifty seedlings hang loaded to the
tip of every bough with apples of every
conceivable variety and size. What j.
the destiny of this immense crop of IN.
cultivated fruit? A large quantity of it
will be gathered and shipped to cider
and vinegar companies at prices THAT
will no more than pay for the labor eX-
pended in the harvest.
Dairymcn, what value do you suppose
this fruit, that has cost you nothing to
raise, possesses for your mich cows?
The late Colonel Curtis recommended it
for stock. and we tire of the opinion that
such fruit is worth more to the farmers
for cattle feed than what he receives for
it at the cider or vinegar mill. Cows
eat apples with avidity, and as they con-
tain large per cent. OF moisture and II
great deal of nutrimcnt they Stake thirst
and feed the physical system. do not
claim that apples will form a milk pro-
ducing diet like grain, but as a laxative
and nutritious food | consider them far
superior to sound potatoes for mich
COW diet. As for rotten or affected pota-
toes. they are eXecrable as food for any
thing, although they are now bcin. fed
to some extent to cows by dairymon
| here. In the name Of healthy, pur3
milk, do not feed such detcstable stuff,
as it gives poison to your fellow men.
The best and most economical way to
feed apples to stock is to shake the trees
in the pastures few at II time as they
are eaten up Taken in connection with
the grass they are grazing, and the corn
fodder you are feeding them, the apples
will prove valuable food auxiliary for
/ the cows. Remember this. it will not
/ pay to sell any raw product Of the farm
that will serve rs profitable food fer
your domestic animals. The food they
must have is either to be purchased or
I to be forthcoming by your labor, and 50
grind your own products in your own
mill. even if it lie IA bovine one.
The cows in this section have done
finely during the fall, but largely at the
expense Of the aftcrfeed in the mead
Ows 1t Is too bad to see so ruinous IL
policy continue from year 10 year III q
fine grass region like this. If You thinl;
that the roWcn. the natural winter pro
tector Of the meadows. must go into the
bovine machine. do as we know of sew
eral dairylneu doing. NOW it and feed &c
the COWS. This is preferable to letting
the whole herd into the meadow, where
they will Craze the feed closely down tc
the ground, and leave the tender, bulb
Gus roots Of the timothy cruelty exposed
| to the severity of the winter.
| wish that farmers and their families
would drink milk as they do tea an(
coffee. The amount of milk consumed
in farmers families is far below what j
was ii generation ago. and many rura
children scarcely know the taste of it
While we are returning to the athletic
Sports and exercises of long ago, We ar,
coutemptuous aUout feeding the bod,
with simple, nuur.shing food. In foo,
fresh from the hand II nature lie'
strength. vigor and longevity, and tn,
more quickly We appreciate that fac
the better it will be for futurity.-
/ George +. Newell in American Guilt
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