Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-10-13
Farmers Column.
III tsic Annssican Stock Journal,
Remarks on Oaryiag.
BY A. NJ.

Some people think that a certain
numher,of cows ought To produce Q
certain quantity ar milk Eor OF
hntler inE a aiyenS time, withont
taxing ito tdhsheration thesiiffef
cnee i'm cows aud fbe difference i'm
feed. We will not now consider the
difference i'm COWS; that is u matter
of sufficient Importance to claim Z
separate discussion. As o general
rule. dairymen keep too many cows
in proportionetotl ictr apasitires 9sls
is u great mistake. II that tells
largely on the profits of the dairy
and may leave it without proht at
all.
1t is often said with trattf, that a
COW IL a maehiue to col, vert grass.
hay aud grain into milk. Other
machinery e peseesaN ~ c0nyert
the milk into bnttrr or cheese. III
order TO run this cow machine to al
vantage, we must have plenty of raw
material. (Gra~s, hay.~Ipots and
graiu.) In the summer time plenty
of good grass. with water aud alittle
salt are sufficient. With these The
machine will turnout mjik~tpile
s~atisfactforS6 f tire owrer- and atLie
same time keep up repairs and mo-
tive power; but with peer pasture,
the result will be diflelenl--the me-
tive bower WIN be weak. tie ma
chine gesooutsof repair, tliesprvdure
su. all, ana tfiat, If made Into butter
moi marketable.
Now, the conclusion TO be dsawaB
from the ai.yve remarks II, That The
better a cswis fed the m0fel pgsaita
ble she WHINE To the owner; that no
more stock should be kept Oh a farm
than can te we'll sfesianA ~ teaaeryo
at slI times. that scarcity Of flod
will keep rttrk poor, Its OWNER
the pimiuce will te inferior both in
qsantiIy aud quality, and sold below
the market y.suintiuussE 30 &EAss
We ENTHUSIASTICALLY seen .eiglstor
ten boar auiiaats, calied niifciI cows,
in "a pasture field whore there was
NOT Ia he seen a spear af grass muie
tntn about oseaneli shove Ntne sur
face, the poorFlnalIes latosing (irr,f To
cuiiert u scsstfty bite To mitigate Their
hunger. The owner wll-tell you
that d~atryiug adnn't pay lie tells
the tru,h, wasetf iF fs At~nnfncftd on
his systein.0Ifeif wu1id Keep four
or i've c,Sws instead of ei.ht or ten,
the pasture would get actniIce to
grow, the inv~estnlsntia staekyw would
he less. the produce you'd he larger
and of a letter qualify. In the
dairying business, as in many
others rsuw~v 40 .mkeEM
"vanlrlpg Ambition overieaps issl--some-
A certafne poffi6n of food must go
to sustain animal life in the first
place, befpre there is any for the Sc
s %e |, + Of r.. miIs En- t g ls Y ON, on dai s.s
the Sss" am a'1St,sd . 9 iEsi RSsat as % 81 sSs
sss . and q, tisieSA lI Il s S9Ebis tte
amount TO convertipts milk or fats5-a
II is singular thai some farmers do
not see things in this Hghte They
seem to think that the more acres or
land they have, aud tile greater NUM-.
Der of cows on 1.-THE rfctier they are.
Some think the more stock they
keep on a farm, the sooner they will
enrich it. Thisswouldte true IL they
had plenty Of 900 TOR thai stock to
subsist on : bat where stfat Is not the
case, il is a great mistake. Fields
should not be pastured too BARE
Stock should not have to work all
the time to find enough to live on
they need rest in order TO thrive;
they need contentnaenkalso. xr<AhNR-
CRY animalkSS not contentvd tl1sre-
fore it cannQts thI3res1Nd t&e<A~ffI
the owner thrive by having his cap.
pital invested in such stock.