The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-02

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!. The question Of food in connection
with the production Of milk is an i'm
1ortait one, especially where dairy pas'
quits are followed to any extent, and i,
- not matter of surprise that It il
eing agitated more of late years than
.rmcrly in this country, before the
,e,ecsc product became as important .
now is. THERE'S considerable differ
NICE in the quality Of the milk Of diff.
Trent cows--some being especially
"ch in butter producing properties,
nd that Of other cows, in cascin. The
s'ilk Of the same COW, however, may be
s,ried BY feed. Experiments have
ncn made in which the difference
'tarkcd by the lactometer was shown
!" be N increase Of from eighty to one
inbred and fifteen degrees. The high
,''t quality was produced by the heavi-
l.st feed. y
|. a correspondent Of the Germantown
/. ! stegroph gives that paper the result
experiment made by him, in this
tbnncction; and we reproduce what he
/ J .ys upon the subject:
"In carefully tried experiment
s1hich I made last winter, found that
cavy feed, such as corn, wheat and rye
l',orts, fed to twelve cows, pound for
hyund, did not make as much milk as
diheat bran, into nine nine quarts day,
/ md have no doubt that for time this
cla.u'd invariably be the result, yet
,.ia,ould not dare to continue for any
a,',nsiderablc length of time to feed my
a. ows upon wheat bran alone, as it
jo ould undoubtedly diminish the
T;rcngth of the COW, and soon reduce
+; er to condition that she would be in
wepablc ofgiving very much milk. l
IN now feeding to twelve cows two
nao,slels Of wheat bran mixed with one
'fushel ofcorn meal ground on the cob
y 18th very satisfactory results. The
,fiN isgood, the strength ofthc animal
III, kept up and the diminished amount
os hay will keep the COW in good thriv-
corg condition. l feed twice day.
ssn at is yet all open question whether
~ nc feed should be fed dry or wet
e'i""hcrc is no doubt, but that in cold
,cathcr it would be much better if the
III, after, which is required by cows in
10, Ailk, could be warmed. If taken into
owlc system while at very low temper
N hHfvturc the process of digestion will be
wTNctarled until the tcrpcraturcsof the
alasatcr is raised to blood heat. In warm
We hs this water digestion is not only re-
g, ,artled, but there will be a loss of a
lar, crtain amount Of food, which like fuel,
rs consumed in keeping up the heat Of
de, TIC body; and this accounts for the fact
an hat herd of cattle required very
m ,M mich more food i'll extremely cold
wd Weather than they do in warm weather.
-, will be evident, therefore, that q
RS 9trgc amount of food may be saved by
|n,aaslvarm stabling in cold weather and con
EN- cquently much greater secretion of
Snilk securcl.
10 /, ''i'hc great mass of the community
re RE no doubt ignorant in regard to the
wipsrcat difference in the quality of milk
Tu,adc by the different kinds of feed
II. Z! TX made from COW fed on turnps
lof;sd buckwheat bran or buckwhcat
,sss ''orts is totally unfit for young child,
url,,r its mother, and there is no doubt but
uu hat tho mortality among children is
often caused by improper food of
sssaicl the milk is made. Tho physi-
A tian knows the Importance of having the
walk from a new mich COW assigned
~, Or Il young child; the why and where
- ORG very likely he does not know, He
= probably does not know that the milk
,stifom a farrow COW is one third heavier
g ,s,d one third richer in cascinc than
iii hat from a new mich COW, and, tchre-
Jorc, is not as well adapted to the
:, wants of the child, nor docs the moth
ves;r understand that the chld's illness is
M, ,wing to some improper food eaten by
i thc COW. If was DESTROYS Of making
XII given amount of milk the best adapt
ills'1 to the use of the greatest number of
2. hildren, would feed the COW on equal
ii.,arts Tin pounds) Of oats, wheat bran
!! md Indian corn and the best of hay
10 nj apples.
Il? Until we become accustomed to
: Trying experiments, we shall not know
~ pr certainty the quality Of food that
!. ral, when fed to a lot ofcows, produce
MI NC greatest amount of really good milk
or Il given amount of feed, nor shall
mr. Sc know whether the cutting Of hay for
nilch cows in winter will pay for the
I'VE Expense and labor of doing it. Some
g g, # our nilllmcn who have tried cutting
re Of the opinion that it pays we'll for
see he trouble and some contemplate
: tcaming.
y. ''Roots, especially carrots, increase
=. he flow Of milk and Of the best quality,
- ~ ,.;ll <o,,I T., Gca,, tho co,,, -, GOOD