1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
153 
Cattle for Beef and Milk. 
I am Interested In the “Breeders’ 
Wayside” on page 109. The questions 
of A. R. H., of Buchanan, Mich., are in 
line with my practice, viz., I have been 
for 20 years or more endeavoring to 
build up a herd of cattle of good milk¬ 
ing qualities, but so as to raise steers for 
beef that bring the top prices, and cows 
that sell for good milkers, and withal 
a hornless herd. I am succeeding. The 
principal blood is Durham, a milking 
strain of which was brought to an ad¬ 
joining county from Ohio many years 
ago. Then in another adjoining county 
a few hornless Durham bulls were rais¬ 
ed, one of which I have. I have also a 
number of one-fourth blood Polled An¬ 
gus cows and heifers, all good Durham 
colors, therefore will soon have quite a 
herd of hornless cattle, and of rather 
good development for both milk and 
beef, hardy and quiet. Before dishorn¬ 
ing was practiced, I began dishorning 
my heifer calves (Durham) with my 
pocketknife, and some of my neighbors 
were discussing the subject of having me 
indicted by court. I am now more op¬ 
posed to dishorning than most of the 
people of the county. j. l. b. 
Falls, W. Va. 
Some Cold Country Notes. 
To-day, February 12, we have been 
drawing hay up from lower barrack, to 
the barn. To-night I sit here and write 
of planting corn and potatoes, and it 
seems as though I could see and smell 
the warm Spring soil as it turns over 
from the plow. Outside I hear the wind 
roaring on the mountain and I know 
that all the plowing I shall do to-mor¬ 
row will be through the big snowdrifts 
that the wind is piling up to-night. The 
road was full when I drove up from the 
post office at dark. I have a big board 
that I fasten on to my No. 4 steel plow, 
and I chain it on to the outside of a sled, 
get on and drive away. It will throw 
the snow out and pile it up three or four 
feet high, and leave the road smooth and 
clean. We call it “Big Jake,” after a 
great snow plow that is used on the rail¬ 
way, and it is worthy of the name. One 
Winter I plowed the road from here to 
the station (about one mile) 14 or 15 
times, but I kept a good road. Last 
Winter we had a big storm, ending with 
a freezing rain. It left a crust about 
one-half inch thick of solid, sharp ice, 
that we had to break with shovels and 
tramp with snow shoes made of boards 
before we could drive a team through 
with plow. It is after 9 o’clock now and 
I have been to the barn. The horses, 
cattle, sheep, calves and little lambs are 
all right. Whew! it is a wild night. Do 
I see a dish of apples warming by stove? 
Shall I eat one before I go to bed? Yea 
verily! I will three, a Northern Spy, a 
Russet and a King of Tompkins County. 
If I find a Vanderveer I will eat that 
also, for a Vanderveer is the best of all 
apples. 8. C. ARMSTRONG. 
Warren Co., N. Y. 
Cow Pea and Soy Bean Experience. 
About May 10 cow peas were sown In 
one part of my orchard. Soy beans in an¬ 
other. The Black pea was selected. An 
ordinary two-horse corn planter was 
used; one row was planted, and the next 
round the planter straddled the row. 
Peas were drilled about three or four 
inches apart. Three pecks to the acre 
were required sown in this way; Soy 
beans planted the same way. All came 
up well, and all made a fine growth. 
Rows were too close to plow, and plants 
were not cultivated. The latter part of 
August pods formed on cow peas; a part 
of the crop was cured for hay. A part 
of the hay did not cure sufficiently be¬ 
fore it was put in the mow. It heated, 
and I believe would have burned had it 
not been spread over the entire barn loft 
to dry out. The part that was cured 
enough made fine hay. Sheep eat it 
readily, and seem to do well on it. One 
load was fed to a Jersey cow. She would 
hunt for the bean pods first, but ate the 
hay very well. I would emphasize the 
fact that the hay must be well cured. 
Leave it in swath till thoroughly wilted, 
leave somewhat longer in windrows, 
and then put in small piles to cure for 
several days. A part of the peas were 
not cut. Pigs were turned in after the 
peas ripened. They were fed corn once 
a day, and thrived remarkably. The Soy 
beans did not ripen; the variety was 
too late for this locality. Cow-pea hay 
is mean to handle; it mats together. I 
believe that Soy-bean hay would not be 
hard to handle. Soy beans grew waist 
high. I expect to try the same field this 
year; I may plant more peas to the acre. 
Ross Co., O. M. B. P. 
Notes on Milking 
We keep a daily record of each cow’s 
milk, and find it pays in several ways. 
We think many are deterred from this 
practice because they think it takes too 
much time. We have a scale with set 
pointer so that the empty pails, which 
all weigh alike, will hang at zero; then 
it is but a second’s work to weigh and 
set down the result. For keeping the 
record we have a roll fastened at both 
ends to roller similar to rolling pins. 
The frame has a glass front and a nar¬ 
row space just wide enough to permit 
one milking to.be set down at a time, 
but several milkings before are visible. 
The sheet is always clean, as they are 
not apt to be where a lot of surface is 
exposed. With the scale and record we 
don’t guess so much. The cow with the 
pail full, but only half solid milk, gets 
credit for only what she really gives. 
The cow that gives a fair mess and 
sucks right at it has a show then with 
the cow that gives a big mess for a 
month or two and then drops out of 
sight. We are apt to milk a little faster 
and cleaner, as we want to keep up or 
increase her record. If several cows drop 
we know that there is something the 
matter. We note how quickly they are 
affected by early or late-cut hay, or how 
a cold storm will show a decrease. We 
find that the cow that can be quickly 
milked gives most satisfaction. Men 
are more likely to dry up a slow-milking 
cow, nor apt to milk her quite so clean. 
We have found that some men will get 
much more milk out of certain cows 
than others. Theoretically every man 
should milk the same cows, but if you 
have some slow milkers better let them 
have all the strippers, or else let them 
milk hit or miss. More of a dairyman’s 
success depends on the milking than one 
is likely to think. Some men take good 
care of their cows up to this, the last 
vital point, and then miss. The cow 
should be at ease, then milked gently 
but just as fast as possible. It is good 
hard work to milk cows properly and to 
get the most out of them. We find that 
when very tired at night’s milking we 
do not get so much milk. Look out for 
the man with finger nails. He will irri¬ 
tate the cow just enough to make her j 
uncomfortable, and you’ll have to stand | 
the loss. Noise of any kind or anything i 
out of the ordinary that excites the cow j 
should be guarded against at milking 
time. H. G. M. 
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Where to Buy Farm Trucks. 
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