Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-23

Keep Up the Flow Of Milk
During the month of August and the
first part of September mich cows should
have special attention in their feed and
not to be allowed to shrink low in their
milk. The grass in pastures begins to de
teriorate in July, and during the hot
weather usual in August and September
pastures fail to yield a sufficient quantity
of succulent and nutritious food to keep up
the flow of milk The failure of meadows
this wear in some sections, and the lateness
of the hay harvest in others, must delay
somewhat the time for turning cows into
the after feed. In the meantime, if stock
get no other food than that which they
pick in pastures, the yield of milk will
RAPIDLY fall away. When the flow of milk
is checked-evenfo for a short time-it is diff
ficult to bring the yield up again to the
old standard, notwithstanding the cows
get an abundance of food. This will have
been observed by every one who has had
the care of dairy stock.
We have seen slow and inferior mixer,
in few days, materially injure COW for
milk and so much so that when after
wards MIXED by first-rate hand the yield
of milk could not be brought back again
for two or three weeks. 1t Is important
that milch COWS have an abundance of
fresh and nutritious food from day to day.
been rejected by stock during the early
part of the season is now dry and woody,
and is incapable of producing the best
quality of milk, to say nothing OF the de-
crease in quantity. Cows, it is true, from
n lack of other food, may be compelled to
consume it, but the consumption of such
food will prove of very poor economy to
the dairymau. If the soiling crops COM
monty grown, such as sowed corn, millet
and the Ike are provided, orare not ready
Tor the sickle, then the second growth OF
clover from meadows and patches Ofground
that were moved first may be cut and fed
TO the cows in the stable.
When fed in this way every animal gets
it's share the food is not tramped upon and
wasted, and master cows have no chance
to injure the underlings, as often happens
when outdoor feeding is resorted to. There
are other advantages in solllng cows IN the
stable. They are not so uneasy and ,trou-
blesome as they sometimes are when fed IN
the open yard or field. If feeding but once
q day is determined upon, the better tim'
is to put them in the stalls between three
and four p. NJ. The feed of course should
have been deposited in the boxes or alley
previously, SO that sufficient time will b
had for feeding before milking. Whel
this course il adopted, the animals as they
come to be MIXED, are quiet, good natur
ed and will give their milk more freel.
than when fed after milking, as is prac
ticed by some.
Many think there is quite n saving mad
in feeding aftermath in the stable. Their
is not that waste of feed which results from
turning stock upon meadows, where the,
trample down and destroy often quite q
much as they eat. 1t is true there is som
labor and inconvenience in feeding after
math in the stall, and yet when grass
good n moving machine will soon Gu
enough for large herd. Those that hav
NJ los fA1o nd INIT
corn or other crops, or where 1t is not cor
venient to turn stock until late in the sea
son, will do we'll to adopt the plan of cut
ting and soiling cows in the stable.
We are not sure but meadows would b
improved by feeding the afterfeed i'm thi
way, since the tread of cattle upon IN
lands would be avoided and the grass i
patches would not be taken down so clos
and the roots pulled up as sometimes OF
tains when stock is turned upon the after
Inath.
OF course, meadows, to be managed proI
erly, ought not TO be pastured at all, an
hut one crop taken annually from til
ground, unless treated regularly to toI
q dressing and kept in a good state of ferti
ity. But this course is considered imprat
ticable by most of our dairy farmers, VIII
believe that more profit isrealized by croI
ping the aftermath, than would result
the land by leaving it to decay for the pul
pose OF TenONatlnB llle SOIL ana luIhlohln
food for the succeeding crop.
Next to green clover there is no soilin
crop so easily raised and which produce
better results i'm milk than corn fodder.
should be cut and allowed to wilt befol
feeding, as by this means it is freed frOl
some of its surplus moisture. As suppl
ment TO pasturage where soiling crops al
not ready or where they are deficient
quantity, good results may be obtained /
Keeping up flow of milk by feeding bra
or ship stuff, These can often be Obtaine
at moderate cost, and pay well in keepin
up flow of milk until such time as sol
ing crops and and the after-feed Of mea,
ows become abundant.