Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-09
FARMER AND PLANTER.
THE OLD cow
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She CHtA il PFoIhineni Figure Ia the Eedn-
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Mr.. A. W, Hathaway, at the Partners
Institute, held At NeM Florence, Mo-,
had This To say in regard to tho old COW:
'0f all domestic animals which con-
tribute to mans necessities, the old
cow easily takes the lead. From IN
fancy to old age, in sickness and in
health, the "dld td~' contributes to d
large degree the nourishmcnt of the
human family. We commence with
milk and follow with butter, beef,
cheese, and probably end with beef
tea. Her skin manufactured into
leather contributes TO our comfort in
boots and shoes, and to our wants in
the various articles for which leather
is used, and II necessity COM
peeled, the OK could do large share
of labor that is performed by the
horse. will not be tedious by giving
statistics of the amount of beef pro-
duced, the amount of butter rnd cheese
manufactured, or the amount of apital
invested, but only call your attention
to it that you may compare 1t with the
rest of your domestic animals, and see
If the old COW is not worthy OF more
attention than Is usually given her
Yes, her meek, quiet and gentle ways
ought to win our affections. TO be
practical, let us consider what care
should be given her. A barbed wire.
fence is not sufficient protection from
the cold winter weather, but sha
should be comfortably housed and
have plenty of good food. And
let me give you some of my expert
ence in feeding the old COW. Last
year | cut my corn while the fodder
was green and let it cure in the shock,
and then run it through feed cutter,
and fed with it ration composed of
one part of ground screenings, one part
of cotton-secd meal, and one part of
crushed ears of corn. They gave a
good quantity of milk and ate the corn
fodder up pretty clean, leaving only
the larger pieces of the butts This
year ! am feeding corn-fodder the
same as last year, and corn in the ear.
They do not give nearly as much milk,
and do not eat the cut fodder
nearly as well, and this is
my reason: The cotton seed
meal and ground screenings made
better balanced ration. The ratio of
albuminoids to carbohydrates for
mich cows or fattening animals should
be one of albumnoids to five of carbo-
hydrates. Corn fodder contains 81,
corn ] 10, making the ration contain a
ratio of about 1.20; cottonseed meal
LIS, and wheat screenings, which are
composed largely of chess, have never
been analysed, but probably has about
the same ratio as wheat bran, which
is 1 to 81, which would make last
years ration somewhere near right. /
wish some one would tell me before
these meetings close what we can raise
that will be rich enough in albuminods
to feed with corn fodder.
| 1t would seem unnecessary for me to
say that an animal so valuable and of
such good disposition as the cow, ought
TO be treated with kindness, but know
that many treat them very i'll. If she is
frightened and starts they send club
after her, or if she has sore teat and
kicks they whack her on the ribs with
the three-legged stool. Il don't use a
three-legged stool; ! use box, which
is unhandv to chastise her with | will
tell you how / manage to break heifcr
to milk. | had little scrubby-looliing
COW which I traded with one of my
neighbors for a large, fine-looking
heifer with fine calf some six weeks
Did. He said he had never MIXED her
except to relieve her bag of what the
calf could not take. / put her IN the
stable and tied up her calf; she was
wild and large and strong, and could
kick me across the stable with little
neighbor traded with me was that lac
did not like to wrestle with her, to
reak her to milk, and if he is here to-
day he will learn how / did it. tied
her head up pretty short to the manager
as quietly and gently as / could. She
could not run, but she could kick.
then strapped up her right fore-leg and
had her at a great disadvantage.
petted her and rubbed her bag little
while and then MIXED her. ] went
through the same operation few
times, till l could put the strap or
without tieing her up, After she got
used to that put the strap on in the
yard; after awhile | could milk hel
without putting the strap ON, and hat
no trouble with her after that. 1t il
better to handle the heifers and gent,