The Profit Of Keeping Poor Cows

Tliere must be same gi'eat profil in keeping poor milkers, or else the majority of farmer do not know where tlicir profit lies. Shrewd men do not inuintain cows thnt give linie and poor Hiilk, in preferttttfse to those that give jiiuch and lic-li mitk, unless they see ad vaniiige in it. Many such animáis are Bttised aud grow oía apon farms. Lf itere be no profit, then these farmers ure not men of aepsé, but we know they are sensible men, sn there must ie, as we conclude, some deoided profil in this way oí stoolitig a dairy fitrui. We shall bo muoh obligad if some one will show U8 exactly wherein this profit lies. In ill oor observalion we naver kuew a farmer who set oui to stock his farm with tirst rato railch stock, that did not suci;eed With proper care in selectDg, every herd of cow.s iti the country inay average, on goód feed, 500 gallons of inilk per anniiin Isohited cases of Cowe that give 1,000 gallóos are not very rare. Jo h letter received {rom Hr. A. Hik, of Hampshire Co . Mass., be saya: " i beo -inio convincad, yers sgo, ilia't it was üCODOiny tor a tarmor to keep' poor eows." ïhis may seein stranga o some farm rs, 'out Mr. Niles usaid'tB )6 vviihont nauiing the reasons uhich influencud liiui, and pnceeds to give the resulta pi putting his convictions ti praotïce ;i followa: "I have been trying for a lengtli of' time to pretiüe aiseorijrag iu ray toe iy,bv ditfposiiig of all ordthary covvs. and apfSyütg their plaees with others, and I ain now quite satisfied -ith m.vcouise EV.omá cuwi 1 have made :-nd 8td since April lst 700 lbs. oí butter, at 2U ueuts peí Ib., ,oi)d raised in pai' nnon thu milk of the maíllo cows, 4 fine heiier calves, from stook en both idus. I cali tbe calves worth at least $10 each, and the milk we trave to the hog worlh at 1 ast as tnucfa is the keepiti of the calves bo8Ídes ihe mük. One of the cows is about . calving, and I hiipe tomakefroin her, betore the first of April next, 100 Iba moro of butter, making, in all, 800 lbs. during the yenr, frotn 4 cows ■being 200 lbs. from each cuw. Oalltug the calves, as above. $10 each, $40; butter, 800 lbs., 20 cents per lb.. $160 total. 8200, or $50. Thcir keeping iu eummer was oommbn ,asture; in the monlti of April, hay. with one feed of mangel wurzels. Other farmers mav