The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-05-20


posts and boards of chestnut, set his fence as
soon as prepared, aud up to this date the
majority Of both are good.
Mr. Riae thinks young timber preferable
for fencing.
Mr. Coudon spoke on destruction If vegc-
tables, did not think that the ground mole
destroyed rs much as the suret. Last fall
they ate his tnrnips, also his parsnips. He
did not think that moles eat vegetables.
A very interesting essay was now read by
Mr.. Recder. subject "Care and Feeding Of
Domestic Animals
THE ESSAY.
Mr. Recder said =
Mr. President and Members of the Cecil
Farmers Club As you all know, and the
minutes OF the two previous meetings will
show. we have had the subject pertaining to
the care and feeding OF our domestic animals
very iuteIIigently discussed and written upon.
As am very much interested in this subject
l think to leave the subject without consider
ing what might be obtained with such feeding
and care would not be doing justice to it.
Ofthe many thoughts that might be brought
to bear on the subject will take for my brief
paper, the farmers dairy COW. Time was,
and it is not long since. when the COW was
practically the same everywhere The breeds
had their admirers and enemies alike in all
parts Of the land. The darymen who sold
milk by the quart, cared nothing about the
richness of the milk, so the COW gave plenty
of it. and he had II market for the milk. The
dairyman who sold milk by the hundred was
inclined the same way. hence the COW that
gave the most milk, without regard to breed
or quality. was the COW desired and consid-
ell the best COW. Only the dairyman who
made butter, cared for the quality of the
milk. but competition and the Babcock test
have changed all this. At present the quality
of the milk or rather the amount of butter-iat
it contains, enters largely into the value of
the dairy COW, and especially so in the farm
er's COW.
The farmer who makes butter or sells his
milk to the creamery subject to Il test, de-
mands a COW that gives large yield of milk
and also rich in butter-fat. She must not
only give large yield of milk Of good quail
Ivy, Dut lnuSl w VI IiSP'i 'iSN'iAN ~ PAN-
duce valuable offspring. The advance in
the price of cows has made the calf an i'm
portant factor in determining the farmers
profit He might just as well raise doubtful
selling wheat or hay as calves of inferior
breeds mean a common COW is not as likely
to produce good calf as those Of the thor
oughbred animals, hence the farmer, should
IL, L., 1;,,,. NO
to be more likely to produce II valuable
calf This can only be done by having Il
thoroughbred male at the head of his herd
with high individual eXcelIencies. The dairy
COW not only furnishes milk and butter for
all mankind, but she produces the calf and
milk TO feed it on, and not only feeds the
calf, but the pigs as well. The dairy COW,
and she only, makes it possible to raise the
calf and pig to perfection aud ut profit.
What a combination, the farmers dairy
COW, the calf and the pig. They comprise
the greatest source of income On the farm,
and the COW is at the head of the proce, sion.
Asa farmer, ask how could we make
farming pay without her? am not asking
the farmer who raises wheat corn and hay
only, and sells it on the market because he
would say raise more corn. When he gets
his crop raised and sold what then? Why
wait till you raise another crop of corn to sell
on the market Now what does the farmer
do who keeps herd of dairy cows and lives
near II good creamery or some other market
for the product Of the dairy COW. He raises
corn lust like the other man. His cows give
milk Just tho same, while he is raising the
corn. and when he has his corn raised what
then? Why his COWS never stop giving milk
while the other man is waiting to raise
another crop of corn Suppose that neither
raises a crop of corn he can, the dairyman
substitutes it with some other feed and his
COWS keep the profits going all the time But
where Is the other man? But what does the
dairy farmer do with his corn? He feeds it
to his COWS, calves and hogs, thereby keeping
everything on the farm to enrich the land so
he can raise more corn to feed more stock
and hence reap more dollars.
The wide-auake farmer cannot get along
without her. Farming without the COW would
be too slow, she is the source from which all
profits flow. would say am rather partial
to the Jersey breed, as she is the COW sought
for and commands the highest price.
Comments on the essay were next in order.
Mr.. Clifford listened to it with pleasure.
He thinks that cows produce more revenue
than the wheat crop. He is partial to Jersey
stock, thought 1t difficult matter to find a