Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-11-06
AGRICULTURAL.
winter Feeding Of Cows.

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We find the following in the American
Stock Journal!
h 'For winter feeding, good clover hay and
corn fodder, meal mixed with bran, shorts,
middlings, or canal, lthe three latter Names
being given in different sections to nearly
the same article, and varying on different
mills from q very rich to very poor feed.
Meal from a number Of varieties Of grain
will be found more healthy than from any
ono kind That from Indian corn will usu.
ally give a large quantity Of rich milk at first,
but in mort cases will soon induce an excess
cfAesh or fat and corresponding decrease
Of milk. Many valuable ows have been
rendered value!ess as mixers by one season. S
high feeding on Indian meal Cotton seed
and oil meal will have much the same effect
Sometimes good cows will show an inclina-
ton to take on fat and increase in milk on
the commencement of excessive feeding on
rich feeds.
"For a Cow not in calf or the first six
months she has gcne in cali, four quarts
Ter day of one-balf middlings, and meal
from equal quantities Of corn, rye and oats,
will be as much as the average Of cows will
bear and prove lasting and profitable; it
should be given on cut fodder or cut hay,
wet with hot water, so as to slightly steam,
and feed in two feeds per day. Where
roots can bc raised with profit they will be
found healthy, and will keep up better
flow Of milk than most other kinds of feed,
but they should be fed with other kinds,
Worzel and beets will increase the quantity,
but will not improve the richness. though
the flavor will be benefited. Yellow carrots
will give less increase in the quantity Of milk
but they will improve both ia quantity and
quality ofth3 butter, making it finer flavor.
cd and higher colored. Roots fed in large
quantities alone will induce too large flow
of milk ct cxpence Of condition. One feed
on roots and meal per day will prove better
than either alone. Niiddlings ON bran
should be omitted when feeding roots, as
both are lcosening, and may scour. Where
there is tendency to this oatmeal is the
best food and it may be better to scald it,
:'Regularity OF feeding is Of the creates;
importance for all animals, andisnever more
70 than in feeding cows; they should have
constant access to salt - rock salt is the best
and Turks Island the best substitute ifI
they have it always before them they will
never receive injury from over eating. They |
should be watered often, and with water not
too cold; the better plan is to have such |
arrangements as will give constant access to !
it though if fregularity is observed. the an
imal's appetite will soon accomodate itself to
stated times. While the aim should be to
make cows eat all the hay OF fodder they can,
they vii! fall much short Of it If they are nj
lowed to waste, or are fed more atonce than
they can eat clean in reasonable Tine
Feed otiner and less at a time, and they will
eat much more in the aggregate, and waste
much less.
If it is found the supply given is too large,
ii should be removed as soon as the animal
has become satisfied, as nothing destroys the
appetite sooner than rejected food lying in Il
For successful winter dailying,
good, light airy and comfortable stable is in
dispensiblc; care should be taken to keep it
clean and well ventilated, guarding against
currents of cold mir blowing against tie cows
and keeping their apartments to close and
bot. Close, hot stables f, sers more disease
than exposure to cold. ~