California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, Volume 34, Number 14, 13 October 1870 — HOW TO RAISE COWS FOR THE DAIRY. [ARTICLE]

HOW TO RAISE COWS FOR THE DAIRY.

"We will suppose that a heifer has been brought up in such a war to the age of fifteen montba ; that she is in a thrift; condition, and has every indication of becoming a good cow. We should recommend that sbe should now be mated with the bull, as by beginning tbus early, we can conrol in a great measure her future development. As th* ensuing five or six years will bring out whatever of dairy quality sbe may possess, we cannot be too careful at first in our training. And first we shoald be careful about feeding too bigb, as heifers kept in high condition •re liable to have inflammatory aotion set up in the udder t>wards the close of tbeir term, which olten destroys the usefulness of a portion of the organ, and tends to hinder the secretion of milk, thereby injuring tbe future reputation of the cow as a milker.

" As there is always more cr less of inflammation during the first stages of lactation, the young heifer should be milked as clean aa possible at least three times a day | and ber food should be light with sufficient water, until the feverishness is gone, when it will be safe to adopt a more liberal policy.

" In the early stages of lactation, cows bave a tendency to dispose of their surplus nutrition through the milk-secreting organs ; consequently, tbey should have a liberal supply of good food at tbis period, bo that not only nature's demands may be met, bat that their milk-producing qualities may be stimulated beyond this. In order to accomplish tbis, we should feed not only all tbe moist food tbe cow will bear and assimilate, but whatever of rich food that will have a tendency to produce the largest and best results; always keeping in mind never to impair ber digestive powers, nor promote a secretion of fat. The cow that doeß not respond to such treatment as this, should not be kept for dairy purposes ; as those cows only are profitable whose milkproducing organs are capable of being improved by judicious feeding."— A Cattle Breeder in Rural American.

Mr. Harvey iuforma ns that he plows fourteen inches deep and fine, and th* result was thirty, fivebuahels Barley per acre, while many around him had but tour to ten bushels per acre, and all had poor cropa, he also bad fifty tuns Squashes worth for feed $30 per tun, a much better crop than Whtat or Barley.