The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-09-10
Agricultural apartment.
CONDUCTED BY ALBERT IAPMAN.

From a very interesting report in The
Country Gentleman of the discussion at
the June meeting of the Western New
York Butter Makers, we make the fol.
lowing extracts:
CORN MEAL AND TIMOTHY.
A spirited discussion, opened by L. W
Miller, then followed on the best feed
for dairy stock. MIR. NJ. had found that
only good cows were profitable. The
same feed will not answer for all cows
nor for all seasons Some do best on
clear corn meal, some on bran, and some
on mixed feed Some food is better to
increase the quantity Of milk, and other
food to increase the quantity of butter.
If cheese is the product, then the more
milk, the moro profit. If butter, then
the richer the milk, the more profit. In
his experience he had found that it is best
to commence feeding meal to cows about
two weeks before calvng, and about a
week after calving be increases the feed
from one quart, two. three or four, accord
ing to the size and condition Of the COW.
When feeding COWS hay he always gives
them early cut timothy hay, which he
thinks is better than any other. Glover
will make them give more milk, and per-
haps make more cheese, but he does not
think it so wholesome, and knows he can
make more butter from timothy. Dairy
men usually make some provision for
dron,h, generally feeding sowed corn.
He had tried this, and he thinks it is
"paying dear for the whistle" He would
feed sowed corn only when he could no,
obtain corn meal getting better returns
at much less expense. For fall feeding
he finds pumpkins BEST increasing the
quantity and quality Of the milk. He
feeds half bushel twice day. He has
had thirty years experience, summer and
winter, and his pocket always tells when
he is feeding proftably. Four different
winters he has got entirely out Of hay,
and has fed corn meal TO his cows, and
nothing else, for six or eight weeks at a
time fed quart Of meal at time three
times day had found that his COWS
would do better the next summer if fed
only meal, than if fed meal and little
hay or straw. lfyou cannot feed all the
hay they want, then feed none. Thinks
meal without hay better than hay without
meal His neighbor, p. Lazel, kept a
COW part of one winter on three pints of
meal per day, and the dishwatcr from the
kitchen, having no hay or straw.
Mr.. Blasdel agreed with Mr. Miller
in the main. He does not like to feed a
great deal of meal to cows after calving
it renders them liable 10 milk fever, &c
quarts are enough +; feeds . quarts meal
few days before calving, as it renders
the expulsion of the placenta more certain
and earlier. T. i. Kinds has fed corn
meal, both wet dry; thinks it dries up
COWS after calving prefers to mix it with
bran or buckwheat rather than feed ii
clear thinks that COWS should be fed
ashes and salt mixed, twice week before
calving, all they will eat. Mr.. Blaisdell
would substitute fax seed for the ashes
T. Line corroboratcd Mr.. Miller as tc
feeding cows meal and no hay. He had
tried it and never had cows do better
prefers to cut the hay or straw than tc
feed loose had, in England, fed COWS 3
pints meal per day and cut hay or straw
and giving only part of the hay they
would eat; cows did well.
Mr.. Nichols had fattencd 2.ycar ole
steers on . bushels each per day of cut
rye straw and 3 quarts meal to each
steer.
p. Lazcll had fed quarts scaldet
meal per day to a COW from March Is
to May LIST, and no hay; the COW die
well next summer.
Mr.. Miller said many COWS in tina
section had starved to death on quart,
OF meal per day and little hay. lie
never lets his cows out of the stable wher
he has no hay. Does not use stanchions
Mr.. Clute thought COWS would die from
want of hay If fed meal. Mr.. Lazel
SAID that 1t was not want of hay. but ex
posture, that killed the cows. Mr.. Blod
get thought that only finely ground mea
should be fed to COWS. Coarse meal ant
exposure would kill them. Mr.. Batchelol
said Inc meal is worth 90 per cent. more
than coarse. Cows "scour" if fed coarst
meal. Mr.. Lazell said he fed 20 COW.
one winter ! at. Of corn and cob mea
each per day and all the hay they wouc
eat, aud it iattened them. They die
splendldly the next summer-better thar
COWS fed on meal. p. NJ. Elmer fed .
a. per day before calving after the COW
came in he increased to 1 qts.; got so ID.
butter in 3S days; increased to 6 ats.
and cloyed the cows had to 20 back tC
4 qts.-cows then do best. X. n. Tanner
had tried it to qts. per day before
calvlpg, and some afterwards COWS die
well tried qts, all winter, and COW.
did not do as well. Mr.. Tanner thought
cows fed meal should have more exercise
than when none is fed
sowED CORN.
Mr.. Miller sowed some Dutton corn
10 years ago, in drills, early in May, anC
SO thin that every stalk had small cal
upon 1t. When the corn was glazed h,
cut it up and cured it thoroughly befor,
putting in the barn. The next winter h,
fed Il cows on that fodder six weeks
feeding nothing else, there was only
hall acre VI The coiu,) aud his Guns uere,
did better. This was the only time h,
had found sowcd corn profitable. Tn,
drills were Is inches apart, He hac
found that three quarts of clear corr
meal per day will keep cows in goc,
health, Unless he had plenty of hay, h,
would not feed any, keeping his COWS il
warm stables all The time, and keep then
clean.
James Rolph ,ofStockton sows Stowel'
Evergreen sweet corn for his COWS find
1t the best variety by far; thinks that i
is double the value of any other corn
increasing both the quantity aud qualit
OF the milk has never cured anu