The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-12-21
Agriculture.


Nee aud thea cEs bssrs Of snmt usa
vho 10 iesdins bic eoss eth their osn
rsiass ,tia nili, .nd ttpersins great ,ue
Gee, sns . ssvias o. srsin. serstsl dairy
nsa in this eoapity are ptselisiss Tho
plsr, the uosi nctsi Of ston /. Memo
1iIeor. Of Misc, n. y. vho has ted stin
mix 10 his dairy ior yests. sni With .
hstd OF Common bfe !, bat well selected,
eous bss raised The batter yield 10 cr,r
iOor hnndrcd snd tsea,y Eve pounds escs
yeafly. Lie noi 70 much IN ieetIps The
milk 10 The CO.'S, bat To- ieedins shat cows
beet sssiu,il.t. sud hos u mob can be ted
10 advantage TIE great value Of siim
milk consists 10 its cssia (pro,sie) aud
milk sugar. aud u may be said TO bear
some relation 10 bran Ia its proportions.
10 100 poands Of skim mllk there are
about 3 ~ gouuds ptetir, IL pond Vi
pomsp, 1 Ia ponds Sugar and the sch
aud some butter isi, 10 oil aboai pounds
OF solid msttef, 70 Gov fed 80 pounts Of
milk per day seuld gel food value some
vhere near the value Of 0 pounds OF slut,
meal. Az dry alter the nuirsiive fliio
would be very marrow. liz. when bslspe
Ing ration would be sbout IDA; 60 II viii
be teeo that il = Gov will consume co.
pounds OF milk day she has been led !
IL poun 10 OF the 2 IA pounds OF pro
teiue that che required daily. II the
rjushsse vas clover hay the proteln 10
the bay would be pretty nesflS enough
more to make up the tetal amount re
qoired.
The bes, feeders Of milk bsve found lhsi
not ell OF the cows ike OF eau be induced
TO drink ii, and OF those that do many OF
them do lat better and seemingly digest II
better II IL is fed slightly tour Where
the milk IL creamed aud butter Is made Ut
home it 10 found beltsr TO pu. the butter
milk into the skim milk. and thus add
starter that creates 10 the fresh milk
p lesssnt acid taste, which makes 1t seem
ingly beltr relished by tho COWS, II IL
The best plan wbtre cows are fed the milk
to let them driuk it from pals. and wash
these pals very frequently With boiling
hot water and keep them fresh, otherwise
the drioking trousth or pail gets thick
with 6rmentiog germs. and bad taste is
promoted, the COW refuses TO drink the
mess, and il will be . matter OF much Ia /
Dor TO induce Der TO again drink skimmilk
1t is thought best that some grain be mix
ed with the milk when fed. As to this the
farmer csn best judse for himself when
the feeding problem is before him. The
value OF the milk for food varies according
10 the price OF butter and the ability OF the 6
COWS to give milk, Cheap butter and
small messes OF milk mske butter cost fat
lar more than its market price; but with
butter selling Of about "A oentp, and with
|our hundred pound butter COWS. skim
milk is estimated by Mr. Wilcox 10 the say
ng OF grain food fully 80 cents hundred
pounds "a sum far 10 excess OF that receiv
ID by most farmers for skim milk, es
oeclslly where they will not draw it awsy
rom the cresmeries ct FIVE cents Q CAD,
md when they know thst practically oil
II the food elements remain 10 the milk
or the abstraoted fats contain little sup
porting substance. but Chi, fly substance
o telp digest and emnlsify food and i'm
part energy.