1894 
THE RIJRAI. NEW-YORKER. 
95 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Holding Up Milk. —Your advice to J. 
E. W., page 44, to feed the cow some¬ 
thing good while being milked, should 
overcome the trouble. I would also try 
changing the milker, and do a great deal 
of petting. Perhaps hanging something 
heavy over her back so low that she 
would have to stand with her back 
sagged down, might do good. If petting 
and feeding have no effect, is it not pos¬ 
sible that the milk glands may be par¬ 
alyzed ? R. 
Canada. 
Dry Up the Cow 1 —What do The R. 
N.-Y. readers think of the plan some 
people have of milking cows but once a 
day in winter when it is nearing the 
time to dry them off ? * Do the cows give 
as much as if milked twice a day ? Of 
course they have but little to carry to 
the next milking anyway. Also, how 
long should a cow be dried off before 
calving time ? ,r. f. l. 
Rockford, Ill. 
R. N.-Y.—That is what we do. The 
single milking seems gradually to re¬ 
duce the quantity of milk, which is what 
we aim to do. We like to have the cow 
go dry six weeks before calving. 
Galloway Cows. —What are the good 
points of Galloway cows ? Will they 
give more and better milk than our com¬ 
mon stock ? How do they compare with 
the Guernsey or Jersey ? I would also 
like to learn something about the Polled 
Angus cattle. j. b. 
Naperville, Ill. 
Ans.—T he Galloway may be described 
as a short-legged, hornless, black, heavy¬ 
bodied animal with a thick, shaggy coat. 
These cattle are beef producers and do 
not excel in the dairy. They grow 
quickly, fatten readily and yield a good 
carcass of excellent beef. The hide is 
very valuable and is much used for robes 
and coats. No claims are made for the 
Galloways as regards milk and butter— 
they cannot compare with good natives 
or grades of the dairy breeds. Both 
Galloways and Aberdeen-Angus are 
Scotch breeds and have many points in 
common. The Angus steers run a little 
heavier than Galloways and the hair is 
blacker ; it is also said that they mature 
somewhat earlier. 
Grumbling Cows. —If the heifer of 
E. L. S. IS a good “dollar cow” he can 
put up with her uncomfortable disposi¬ 
tion. A cov/ angel, you know, is one 
capable of making the dollar sign. 
Although the uncomfortable disposition 
is contrary to accepted rules of cow ex¬ 
cellence, the exceptions sometimes come 
in for proof. Cows are like folks. Some 
are never satisfied with anything. Others 
never complain even when ill treated. I 
have a good cow of my own raising that 
keeps up a continual growl when any one 
is around the stable unless she is busy 
eating. She will not even yield to the 
mollifying influences of card or brush. 
We water our cows in pails from a tank 
in the stable, the cows usually drinking 
three or four pailfuls each once a day. 
This cow will never drink with the 
others. When the watering is finished 
a pailful is left in her manger. When 
left alone she will generally drink. 
Later in the day if any one happens along 
they will find her pail empty and fill it 
for her. But not once a week will she 
drink a pailful of water before any one’s 
face. She is a big grade Holstein, a rich 
milker and good feeder. The fact that 
she grew up in a back pasture suckled 
on a cow instead of learning to drink 
from a pail may account in part for her 
peculiarity. e. c. birge. 
The Record of a Farmer’s Herd.— 
Here is what our cows and heifers pro¬ 
duced from January 1, 1893 to December 
31, 1893. The herd consists of two five- 
year-olds, common stock with a little 
Jersey blood, two four-year-olds, same 
as above; two three-year-olds, one- 
half Jersey; three two-year-olds, one 
half Jersey. One of the three-year-olds 
calved prematurely and was of little ac¬ 
count. The time of being dry of the 
whole herd was 16 months. The amount 
of butter sold, $391.05; buttermilk sold, 
$339 90; butter and milk used on farm, 
estimated $109 05. The price obtained 
for the butter was from 23 to 30 cents 
per pound. The buttermilk was sold at 
10 cents per gallon. We churned the 
whole of the milk, and churned every 
day except Sundays most of the time 
during the year. We use a dash churn— 
dog power—raise the temperature to 70 
degrees in cold weather and churn from 
one to one and one-half hour. 
The feed was old meadow hay, corn 
fodder, sweet-corn stalks and some flint- 
corn stalks. During the spring we fed 
about 60 bushels of mangolds, a few 
bushels of carrots and some 25 or 30 
bushels of small potatoes. Our grain 
feed was mostly corn meal and wheat 
middlings mixed, equal parts by weight. 
The oldest cows were fed about 33^ 
quarts at each feed twice per day, and 
the younger ones nearly three quarts 
each. The feed cost from $1.05 to $1.10 
per 100 pounds. The season was very 
dry and we had but little pasture. We 
cut and fed two acres of oats and peas 
green, and also fed sweet-corn stalks 
green a^ter pulling off the ears for mar¬ 
ket, during several weeks, as well as 
cabbage leaves once per day in October 
and part of November. i>, s. 
Exeter, Pa. 
Calves Without Milk.— Can I raise a 
calf with but very little milk, say, two 
quarts a day ? Whit would be best to 
feed with it ? I am selling milk, and 
would like to raise a few calves from m^ 
best cows, but think it too expensive to 
feed there milk. M. B. 
Braceville, Ill. 
Ans. —Certainly, you can raise a calf 
on two quarts of milk per day after it 
has been well started. Make a thin oat¬ 
meal porridge by boiling ground oats 
until they are boiled to a jelly. Add a 
small amount of linseed-meal jelly and 
feed with the milk. You can also add 
hay tea made by boiling finely-cut hay 
Mix these together in the form of a drink 
and feed warm. Let the calf get to pas¬ 
ture early, or, if in winter, let it eat 
sweet hay as soon as it will. In any 
event, keep up the warm drinks at least 
twice a day. Milk is the best food, how¬ 
ever. While these drinks may keep the 
calf thriving, they are at best only sub¬ 
stitutes. 
The raw, Blustering Winds of Winter, search 
out the weaknesses of all who are predisposed to 
Ludk Complaints, and In consequence. Colds, Coughs, 
and Bronchial Disorders everywhere prevail. Those 
who have contracted (olds should be especially 
careful, and not Imprudently wait until by constant 
coughing, they so Irritate and rack their Lu gs as to 
bring on themselves a very serious Pulmonary Affec¬ 
tion. Let them rather treat their symptoms ration¬ 
ally, and at once, and by the prompt use of Dr 
Jayne’s Expectorant, cure their Colds, and heal ali 
accompanying Soreness of the Chest.—A du. 
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