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NEW ENGLAND FAEjVIER. 



Feb. 



jelly, that a pound or two at one meal, would 

 be quite likely to bring on some gninting, or 

 a night-mare during the hours of sleep. Taken 

 sparingly, morning or noon, it will be found 

 nutritious, easy of digestion, and exceedingly 

 palatable to most persons. We have, more 

 than once, expressed the opinion that our peo- 

 ple eat too much meat in warm weather, — that 

 once a day is often enough. There is, how- 

 ever, a great difference in persons in this re- 

 spect ; some, even in childhood, always pre- 

 ferring animal diet to vegetable, and others 

 preferring the vegetable ; and this preference 

 continues through life, and if not gratified the 

 health seems to suffer. HalPs Journal of 

 Health has a sensible article on eating pork, 

 in which our views are well expressed, as fol- 

 lows : — 



"There is no trouble in eating pork in a cold 

 climate. It is needed — or some fatty meat, 

 for the support of life, while at the South veg- 

 etable diet is better. But whether the hog 

 should be eaten, depends on the manner in 

 which h>- is kept. If he be kept as a mere 

 scavenger on filth and rottenness, the meat 

 would be unfit to eat, as its food must enter 

 into its composition. We see this in the dif- 

 ference between the hogs fed on acorns and 

 those fed on corn. Any animal that lives 

 upon the filth and waste of cities, should be 

 rejected as food. But if the hog can be kept 

 cleanly and on proper food, pork is as healthy 

 as beef, or poultry, or fish. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 JERSEY CO^WS. 



AMODNT OF BUTTER FROM "LADY MILTON." 



Messrs. Editous : — In the INIoxtiily Far- 

 ikfER for December, I notice a communication 

 from Mr. Barker, in which he compares the 

 product in butter of one of his native cows 

 with that of a Jersey owned by Mr. Brown of 

 this town ; and if I mistake not a slur is aimed at 

 ' 'blooded" t^tock. If the question of the supe- 

 riority of breeds for yielding the largest profit 

 in butter-making is to be decided by reports 

 or comparisons of this sort, I wish to give the 

 Jersey's a fair show, and am therefore induced 

 to report the product of a full blood Jersey 

 cow, Lady Milton, on my farm. She is six 

 years old, and dropped her fourth calf, (a 

 heifer,) on the 1.5th of May last. Her pro- 

 duct in butter, from June 1st, was as follows : 

 In June, 64i lbs. ; July, 79 lbs. ; August, 

 70| lbs.; September, 65 lbs.; October, 1st 

 week, 14i lbs. After the first week in Octo- 

 ber she was no longer tested, because tlie 

 grass in pasture had become short and very 

 poor. Iler feed during the time of trial was, 

 in June and July, grass in pasture only ; af- 



terwards she had, in addition, a feed of green 

 fodder corn at night, pretty regularly, and 

 sometimes in the morning. No grain of any 

 kind was fed. 



Thus much for quantity. But quality, as 

 well as quantity, is to be considered, in get- 

 ting at the piofits. Some may, and doubtless 

 do say that Jersey butter is no belter than 

 that of native cows, while others, (and their 

 number is increasing,) think it much richer. 

 Of course there will be more or less variation 

 in this respect with all breeds, and much de- 

 pends upon the feed ; but in comparing the 

 average, on the same feed, my experience and 

 observation lead me to the belief that the 

 cream and the butter of the Jerseys are deci- 

 dedly the richer of the two. But there is no 

 better criterion on this point than the price 

 obtained in market. I have sold mine through 

 the summer at 7o cts. per lb., and I know of 

 others who have sold at this price for a long 

 time, in close competition with the best native 

 butter, at from 40c to .50c. It is, in my judg- 

 ment, safe to say that all the pure Jersey but- 

 ter, well made, will command a higher price 

 than native, by 25 per cent., the year round. 



I admit that Lady Milton is an extra Jersey 

 cow for quantity, though not the only one 

 around here by any means. I know of others 

 about her e(}ual. I have several others that 

 will produce weekly more butter than i\lr. 

 Barker reports. The average, under the same 

 treatment, would tell the truth, if we could 

 get at it. And it ought, in some way, to be 

 ascertained, for the question of the most prof- 

 itable breed for butter is altogether too impor- 

 tant to remain an open one, subjected to the 

 fancy or whim of amateur farmers on the one 

 hand, or to the flings and ridicule of those 

 who wish to make the most of a cheap cow on 

 the other. It seems strange to the writer, to 

 say the least, that any intelligent, observing 

 farmer can have failed to notice that where 

 our native cows have been skilfully crossed 

 with blooded sires, such as, for instance, the 

 Shorthorns or Herefords for beef, the Devons 

 for working oxen, the Dutch or Ayrshire for 

 milk, or with the Jersey or Alderneys for but- 

 ter, great improvement has taken place in the 

 quality and value of the animals thus produced. 

 I am not alone in this view, and if it is an er- 

 roneous one, it is important we should have 

 the facts to prove it so. j. c. C. 



Spring Hill Stock Farm, ) 

 Arlington, Dec. 16, 1867. > 



For the New England Farmer. 

 TRIMMING PINE TREES. 



Gov. Brown : — Although unable to write, 

 in consequence of lameness in my hand, I will 

 attempt to dictate a few hints upon this sub- 

 ject, as you requested me to do when here a 

 few weeks since. 



In the first place, great care must be taken 

 to avoid bleeding. While the circulation of 



