Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-04
agricultural.
Maals Board Of .iy,icu'tare-



second days discussion. on feeding Dairy
cows. We resume tho repurt:
Mr.. Carpenter OF PitIston We areah
anxious TO hear what the people of Win
thrup have to say on this subject. 81
much depends on the feeding that We
cannot expect good yellow butter when
the feed is simply bulrushes lie would
give all the good hay they would eat up
clean.
MIR. Atherton of HallOwell. Has had
experience in feeding shorts and eorn-
fodder TO COWS. lie inquired It 1t would
I've proftabls to raise corn fodder for win
teruse; also how much meal can We use
10 advantage 10 feeding dairy stock
Mr.. Smell Of Winthrop. Has has some
experience in feeding cow. and finds dit
lerent cows want different feed, and also
the same COW under different sircum-
stances. ibis is Is true with cows as
with men.
Mr. Carpenter Does any Que know
what u pound Of butter costs ir Maino'
AIR. Colburu asked what was The aver.
age production OF butter per year from a
COW in Winthrop upon an average?
Mr.. Smell should say from fifty 10
one hundred pounds, but l have made
four hundred pounds from COW. l
would keep COW 50 she would LAST
would feed enough good hay with roots,
meal. shorts.-say two q.S. tor extreme
per day. II wished 10 use hor up in two
years. would give her al .ho would eat.
endeayor to apply physiology and by
gene in the feeding and management OF
my COWS. Il pays in dollars and cents.
have had no sick animals tor SIX years.
Mr. FLOYD Of Winthrop. Keeps hi. COWS
on fodder corn this winter dried. cut,
with four quarts OF mixture OF shorts
and cob meal. hall and halt. Cows now
about three months from calViu.. make
about halt a pound butter per day. But
ter costs him thirty cents a pound and no
get logty cents Dries his ioddsr corn
under cover. rs much A. possible, and
would feed it the first part OF the season.
de hangs up on polss to dry and alter
thoroughly drying, packs 1t away in bulk.
Cows prefer it TO ordinary hal
Air. Briggs OF Winthrop. Il costs no
more TO make pound OF bUttoJ tkan
pound OF beef; and lie had rather pro-
luce the butter,
Al ID
Mr.. Robbins oil winthrop "e'ic'eS III
The utility oil d"e' Iod'sF corn - i daiIy
Iced lie LED last winter lfom iul u"
spring sood nay anu wv" quarts corn
meal with an occasions. Io-d OF carrots
ma dose OF s"'phar once "eSA'
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MI Ni'oeI' O' AhlI"S'oS.Iu d. eA'Ied LOT
statements from those VINO were feeding
Tor milk "hich gees 10 supply Lewiston
anu Portland Is Sc'orai sen.smen en-
gagged III this branch are present
Mr. Cobb OF Poland, said 10 coat htty
dollars q year 10 keep = COW. Our COWS
seldom go dry ons month. W. feed
meal and short. and find 1t the bes, feed
except cotton SEED msal. but this (co,ton
seed is = feed that will use COW up in
a short time. In the iaI, fodder corn
helps out the pastures. bu, we want some
shorts TO 20 with it. We raised la,. year
nine tons 500 pounds from one fourth
acre. and II sowp thick /, will gro, small
and will all Ina .s,s,r, ". III, s,,.o.
corn hes, W. csaf siv ,,,sr,, Of 49,,
with mar bov ,br., o,,',., ,r;,t 81
hay llut csrr,i,,, ,.i,L =.
We feed meal and shorts ,iv arsr,s -.
first six month, af,er c,I,ioc r.l,.;rc;,
oraduaU, IN ono omar, ahor, Ii,
time. We seal6 The ,,s,i o,,,1 r.o.t -
giving SULPHUR once = weet . .,,,l as,;,,
salt where the cows so IN +, any ,i,,a
getS2 u cents for = . Gallon e,n Of
milk. Al NV door--l6 Ia cent per c,l.
Ion or 1 cent psr ou.rt
Mr.. ua,..s nm Sfi,s, I1..na