The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-07-14
Agriculture.


'Ssf ~ INV " WI Vsts ~" 'hSrN sass
vs rsised IRON their youth up ocos
sionslly ope can boy . good coz, ba,
there 10 always risk. Oar enperiesee lie
sod hss been ths, oniy sbeut one 10 Eve
OF the eows thai ve bny are desirsb'e 10
keep. We hare 81 ibis time sbont tuepiy
I've coss OF our owp raising, snd they
are oil good opss, We ere raising ten OF
our best hsifer calves and viii try 10 raise
about ten each year urtii ve have herd
Of COWS OF our own rating. We can rsis
cali TO iso years old Tor less than s25,
and We csnroi bur such beiiers at any
price. b.csus- The people sbo raise them
want 10 keep then ard they are Dot for
sale
We prefer 10 raise calves that srs dropp
Cd 10 the fall sod early ~iuter We can
feed them their milk ption during ~iut
aud by feeding some oats aud shorts for
the grain ration with corn epsilsgs aud
clover bay for forage Ne can have them
large and ,triiiy by June fret. when they
will 60 on pasture aud makes very salts
factory growth by fell, 7 en- they are
stabbed and bsndIed Just like cows until
they are again turned on grsss. At this
time they are about eighteen months old.
We aim TO breed them at this ses and usu
ally have them bred before they 90 on
grass. We dehorn the fret year when
they come 10 of pasture. say sboui Deem
Der let. They very soon know that they
have been dissrmed aud il han died kindly
will become very gentle.
The second isll when they ere brought
10 they are tied snd handled the same ss
COWS. and by February when they 'come
in" they will be large. strong, gentle COWS
and will give . good fow OF milk. II
their calves are wespsd al three or four
days old. Is they should be, these young |
COWS oan be bred again 10 three weeks,
which will bring them fresh 10 November.
The best OF this second lot Of calves can
and should be raised. Ordinarily We do
not care to raise the fret calves. although
some OF the best COWS that we have ever
had we're first calves. but generally We
pr ,ier calves from more mature stock. %
Much Of the value and usefulness Of the
future COW depends upon Der care and
treatment the first two years. A COW to
be "Rood" COW must not only give =
good flow OF good rich milk. but she m ust
,lso be kind. gentle aud essily handled,
These qualities cen be given her the first
'wo years OF her life better than OF any
,ther period OF her life.
A friend sud neiehbor said TO rs few
lays ago: was tsueh. that when . COW
" heller was standing in your way the
hing 10 do was TO Get club and club
md club them away, but l have learned
,etter than that since an farming for
Myself have learned that it pays to
rest them kindly Marx the language,
1t pays to trsst them kindly We we're
cal glad to hear you say that A3sm. 1t
. an answer to the first Question that the
versee man will ak, Does it psy2 A
ow may be ever so good 10 give milk
ut IL che has been badly raised, is wild,
reschy, will kick and hook she is practi i
ally worthless as milcb COW 4
The calf should BE- taught to be led. r
houId be convinced tLst you ere its best =
lend. Should be fed in such manner n
not II vii learn 10 eat slowly. Should b
ave its nd aud leafs handled sufficient r
TO teach 1t tbst 10 harm will come to it n
, allowing yos to brush it oil over and i
len when the time comes TO milk her she :,
i'll not try TO brush the flies off OF her 81
ack with her hind feet. but will quietly y
limit. All this takes time and patience, r
ut 1t pays.
We bought wild heifer this spring
be had never been handled. She 10 I
,out two years old She bad fue large 4
III by her lille when We bought her, 4
70 sold the II and proceeded to break WI
o young thing to be MIXED. This is
II part OF the programme. The boys
. little too peppery to quote loving -
TO . COW that tries to comb
cir sparse musiache with their toe nails.
,is COW Vas sfrsi OF man, She would
,ok, kick and below We MIXED her
10 the Hy," go to speak. This is hard 4
,rk. 1t takes time and don't pay.
The person who rsissd THE yonng COW
,eivsd only about bali her value when
BY sold her. Wby7 Becsuse few per
as care to bother with such q COW We
night her oheip. BY kind treatment she /
Do learned that no harm would come 10
!, Had We clicked back every time
It she kicked We would both be kicking
!. This would furnish anu emeut for
, boys, but not tr MS and the COW.
+, the way to "bresk" heiiers is 10 bresk
I'M with kindness. II you cannot do L
9 then the best that can be doge is to
len them and 1T them go TO the block.
beat them is simply to make brute OF