Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-05-11

Best Milk. Producing Food.
T. L. HART, of Cornwall, Conn, hs
written an article for the Germantow
| Telegraph, from which the following is e.
tracted:
There is no doubt a difference in til
quality of milk in different COWS, som
being rich in caseine or cheese, and tina
of others in butter, yet, as rule, the mil
will be in great measure what it is mad
by the feed of the cow. The milk iron
the same cows may be varied by feed fron
80. by the lactometer, up to 115 de
grees, the highest number being the best
and such as is produced by the heavies
feed.
In carefully tried experiment, which
made last winter, found that heavy feed
such as corn, wheat, rye, shorts, fed t.
twelve cows, pound for pound, did no
make as much milk as wheat bran, into
nine quarts day, and l have no doub
that for time this would inva riably be
the result, yet should not dare to con
tinue for any considerable length of time
to feed my COWS upon wheat bran alone
as it would undoubtedly diminish the
strength of the COW, and soon reduce her
to condition that she would be incapable
Of giving very much milk.
am now feeding to twelve cows two
bushels of wheat bran mixed with one
bushel Of corn meal ground in the cob,
with very satisfactory results. The milk
is good, the strength or the animal is kept
up, and diminished amount Of hay will
keep the cow in good thriving condition.
| feed twice day.
1t is yet an open question whether the
feed should be fed dry or wet There is no
doubt that in cold weather it would be
much better ifthe water, which is required
by cows in milk, could be warmed. Ii
taken into the system while at very low
temperature the process of digestion will
be retarded until the temperature of the
water is raised to blood heat.
In warming this water digestion is not
only retarded, but there will be loss of a
certain amount of food, which, like fuel,
is consumed in keeping up the heat of the
body; and this accounts for the fact that
herd Of cattle requires very much more
food in extremely cold weather than they
do in warm weather. 1t will be evident,
therefore, that large amount Of food may
be saved by warm stabling in cold weather
and consequently much greater secretion
Of milk is secured.
The great mass of the community are no
doubt ignorant in regard to the great diff
ference in the quality of milk made by
the different kinds of feed. Milk made
from COW fed upon turnips and buck
wheat bran or buckwheat shorts is totally
unfit for young child or its mother, and
there is no doubt but that the mortality
among children is often caused by i'm
proper food Of which the milk is made
The physician knows the Importance of
having the milk from new mich cow
assigned for young child; the why and
wherefore very likely he does not knOw.s
He probably does not know that the
milk from q farrOw cow Is One-third
heavier and one third richer in caseine than
that from q new mich COW, and therefore
not as we'll adapted to the wants of the
child, nor does the mother understand that
the cause of the child's illness is owing to
some improper food eaten by the cow. II
l was DESTROYS of making a given amount
of milk the best adapted to the greatest
number of children, would feed the cows
on equal parts lin pOunds) of oats, wheat
bran, Indian corn and the best of hay and
apples.
we shall not know for Ger.
tain y the quality of food that will, when
fed to lot of cows, produce the greatest
amount of really good milk for a given
amount of feed, nor shall we know
whether the cutting of hay for our mich
cows will pay the extra expense of labor
in doing it. Some of our milkmen who
have tried cutting are of the opinion that
it pays we'll for the trouble, and some con-
template steaming.
Roots, especially carrots, increase the
flow Of milk and Of the best quality, and
tend to keep the COW in good health. Ap-
Piles will increase the quantity nearly as
much as turnips, and of much better
quality.
In making milk there is nothing more
important than good early cut hay. With
out this it may be doubted whether milk
can be made with profit.