The record-union., 1892-10-14

oOo pouHuS; 'ol POUNDS. Sfo POUNDS, anu
l,04 pounds each per year. Signals Lily
| F1agg yielded the last amount
1t is very commonly supposed that ami
mails OF various kinds can be forced to go
| beyond natures limits by system of
| high feeding; that hens can be forced to
lay large quantities of eggs, and cows to
secrete great yields of milk or butter fats.
Unless certain drugs are used to produce
! an abnormal activity of the secretory or
gans, animals never exceed their natural
| capacity. In fact, very few come up to 1t,
owing to the lack of intelligent feeding.
| With the conditions of climate, care and
surroundings perfect, a cow will give the
| maximum amount of milk, or butter of
which she is capable when she is fed upon
is able to digest. HA dairy cow is very
complex machine for turning feed into
/ butter, and to get the most profit from
this machine it should be run at its full
capacity. The great trouble with a large
percentage of our dairy cows is that they
have not capacity enough to afford any
margin of profit, even when producing
to their utmost limit.
Cows constitutionally inclined to Sc
crete large quantities of butter fats are
! needed, and no one need fear that these
can be injured by getting the largest pos
slble returns from them by skillful feed
ing. These large yields that are reported
/ "'O Vi NIbell 1iitOlCSb W cNtIy WHO
owns dairy, since they show the value
OF breeding in butter lines, and also show
the necessity of feeding proper foods in
proper quantities, that the cow may be as
productive as nature designed her to be-
American Agriculturist.
TREAT THE COWS KINDLY.
Cows are naturally of the mildest dis
position of any four-legged animal upon
the farm, and they should be treated
l-i Il
and drivers. The practice of sending a
dog after them and allowing him to rush
them into the milk yard, exhausted and
excited, is a practice that will cost each
year from ten to twenty-five pounds of
! butter for every cow MIXED. Drive the
cows leisurely to and from the pasture
If you are in hurry let the driver make
double-qulck time when he is going to
and from the field not accompanied by
| the cows. The throwing Of stones, sticks
or other missiles should be forbidden,
and the operation Of milking should be
done rapidly and with little or no talk
| ing. Should a cow make misstep or
switch you unpleasantly during fiy-time,
don't speak so sharply as to startle her.
In many herds there are often one or
more cows which only certain member
of the family can milk. This indicates
very plainly that some one is mild-tem-
pered ana understands the cows DISPOSE
| ton.
a box located at some accessible point
should contain at all times a supply of
| salt II salt is fed in heroic doses once or
twice week, the COWS will then gorge
themselves, causing arrangement of the
digestive organs. Milk should not be APP
piled to the teats to reduce the power re-
| quired in milking, for it does not, but
most certainly adds filth to the milk OBJ
tanned, and in cold weather the wet teat
| will hlpnnln oranl aH on1
with d domineering nature and sharp
| horns should be dehorned. Brass ferrules
at the tips of the horns lessen the danger
but do not prevent the pushing and bruis-
ing Of other cows.
FEED THE STRAW.
In all industries the use of the bye-pro-
ducts is source of great profit. The
straw in grain-growing has much food
value. To cure straw in the proper man
ner the grain is housed in good condition,
or is so stacked that the weather will
affect it but little. When threshed it is
! put UP i'll neat stacks which will shed
rain, or, if possible, placed under shelter.
If in stacks, when the feeding season ar
rives 1t is SO cut down with the hay-knife
that only portion OF 1t may be uncov-
cred at time. This applies more partic-
ularly to oat and barley straw, the feed
ing value of which for farm stock is con-
sidered to be worth half as much as timo-
thy hay, pound for pound.
If about two quarts Of fine salt per ton
of straw be applied to straw at threshing
time, it will make it more palatable than
if not SO applied, or, in feeding, weak
brine may be sprinkled over it, when the
stock will eat it with more relish.
| The boards of barley straw are con-
sidered by many Objectionable, especially
when the stock is allowed to feed from
the stack, or from racks in the open air
tl,Nx I'D IL l.
often endangerlng the eyes of the animals
Should beard lodge in the eye, pinch
OF fine salt thrown under the lid will
cause copious discharge, and the inn
pediment is usually thus washed out, but
| if not, second application will remove
it. Most of the boards can be separated
from barley straw by removing, at
| threshing time, two-inch cross section
from the straw carrier, allowing the
| boards to fall through. The chatf is a
valuable constituent of the oat crop. and
should belcarefully preserved for feeding
purposes.
GIVE THE HORSE A BATH.
Nothing so refreshes tired animal,
biped or quadruped, as bath. The pro-
fusely perspiring horse discharges an
| enormous quantity of waste matter
through the skin, and the odor of it is as
| bad as that of the manure, being strongly
ammonlacal. This attracts the pestiferous
stable fly, which so disturbs the rest of
| the horses at night. a drenchine of cool
water, and an immediate rubbing down
of the skin, will be double relief to the
wearied animal. 1t will refresh him and
| relieve him from its tormentors A
covering of wire gauze on the windows
and doors of the stable, and cooling of
| the floor and walls with water, with a
! clean bed, is the least any conscientious
man should provide for his faithful
| horses. Street-car horses are sprayed at
each rest.
| CARE OF WORK HORSES AT NOON.
| When work horses are brought in at
noontime the harness should be removed,
/ the sweat wiped off and the brush and
curry comb freely used. The shoulders
should be washed if they are sweaty or
sore. Before starting work the sore
shoulders may be softened with castor
oil. DO not water the horses while warm,
nor feed them grain. Both at noon and
at night the horses should be watered
previous to feeding grain. The stomach
will then be in better condition for the
assimilation of solid food. If obliged to
give short hour at noon give a larger
ration of grain or, what is still better
cut the hay into half-inch lengths and
add the usual quantity of ground feed,
sprinkled with water, and thoroughly
mix. This can be eaten rapidly and will
digest more readily than when fed sepa-
rately in the dry, dusty state.
AMERICAN TITLES,
If our California raisin packers would
adopt new brands all around, discarding
| entirely the old designations which have
little meaning in this country, thew
would score point with the trade and
people generally. Apropos of this SUBJ
| ject, the Chicago Commercial Gazette
asks: "Why should not California raisin
people drop this crown and London