693 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



increases the flow of milk perceptably. Why should it not, then, do the same 

 with any number of dairy cows? Cut the hay and pour hot water over it, and 

 mix it so it is all wetted, then add the meal, or the mixed feed, referred to 

 above, mixing thoroughly and feeding while warm. In a dairy of 20 cows the 

 extra milk will more than half pay for the extra labor. (For the value of meal 

 daily, to a cow giving milk, see next receipt.) 



Meal, the Value of, for Dairy Cows. — The editor of the Farmer and 

 Mirror gives the following item, coming, he says, from one of the best dairy- 

 men in Vermont. He says: 



" I have come to the conclusion, after seven years' experience in the feeding 

 of meal every day to such of my cows as were giving milk, that in the future I 

 would feed more meal instead of less. I believe that when the cows have been 

 properly selected, and are of a breed that is reliable as to butter qualities, it 

 amounts to a certainty that all we feed them above what is required to sustain 

 their bodies, will be returned to us in butter with a large profit on the invest- 

 ment. At the same time care should be taken not to overfeed. Gilt-edged 

 butter cannot be made from cows thin in flesh or poorly fed." 



Remarks. — This idea of feeding meal is correct, but the mixed feed in the 

 receipt above is the most profitable. To judge about the " breed that is relia- 

 ble," as this writer puts it, see Jersey Cows, or the Best Cow for Small Farms, 

 for I think it is now generally conceded that the Jerseys, also called Alderneys, 

 are the best, although the Durhams are good as you will see under that head. 



To '* Dry off" Cows and other Animals.— I. As we have given the 

 plan above, for increasing the flow of milk, it may not be amiss to also give a 

 good plan here for drying-ofl, which is occasionally important, and as it is just 

 as applicable to mares, when weaning the colt; and with slight modification, 

 also valuable for caked-breasts, it is worthy of a place in this connection. It is 

 as follows: Tar and good vinegar, earh J^ pt.; spirits of turpentine, 6 ozs.; 

 beeswax and camplior gum, 2 ozs.; tallow, 4 ozs. Directions — Boil all 

 together for 15 minutes, except the turpentine and camphor gum, the latter of 

 which should be broken up very fine or pulverized by the druggist, by dropping 

 upon it a few drops of alcohol, then these added when removed from the fire, 

 and stirred imtil cold. 



The cow or the mare is to be milked dry night and morning, and the oint- 

 ment rubbed into the udder and along the milk-veins for 3 or 4 days, or until 

 the milk ceases to flow. 



For Caked-Breasts make it without the tar and rub it in well as long as 

 needed to remove the soreness, then cease unless you desire to dry up the milk 

 as the camphor has a great tendency to do. 



Remarks. — The camphor was not in the recipe as the author obtained it; 

 but knowing its value upon the female breast, I have added it to the recipe, 

 knowing it will prove so much the more reliable. The only objection to the 

 tar upon the breast is, it stains the clothing, and is also more sticky. 



II. Another writer says a cow may be dried off in a short time by not 

 milking her quite out, leaving some in the udder each milking, and by feeding 

 4 qts. of dry corn meal in the course of the day, which, if she is to be fatted, 

 wUl help to lay on fat, and gradually dry her off. This is uo doubt the fact. 



