Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-09
low Much Butter From a Busllel of Meal,

A correspondent from Woodstock. VI.
wishes us STAT" how many pounds o.
utter may be made from a bushrl Of
"1n meal. This is Il question we are I'm
bic To answer. and We duub, if any on.
t the present time can answer it definite
Y Many experiments have been mad,
. determine the number of pounds of
"rk contained III Il bu>hrl Of corn. and
h. average of these experiments NAV b..
aiken us Il fair answer to the question.
In feeding corn to the hog. great vari
ton IN results must be expected. rs diff
rrrnt animals differ greatly in their abili
to convert food mo animal tissue: some
reeds and some animals Of the sam,
reed even, beng twice rs economical
feeder us others. But feeding meal 10 hous
: Il very different experiment from that of
e"dln@ IL To cows. In the case of hors. il
fed nearly or quite Separate from Other
o"d. and all the gain NAV he cred ted To-
he meal. but our cows :,re USUALLY fed
neal III connection with grass, hay q,
''her food. 50 tia, it is nearly impossible
except under the most careful and lone
continued course of experiments, to dc.
rrmine. with any degree of accuracy. how
much of the butter is made from the meal
nd how much from the other food con
summed. Meal is IL food that cannot be
m:'de TO fully tax" the place of grass or
LAY, for COWS although there have beer
some Very Interesting experiments made
Il that direction by Mr.. Miller. If Chnu
auqna Co n \ The digestive organs
OF iii" G. w We're d, signed for receiving
'oar>r. bulky food, and when we >ubsti-
ute highly concentrated food. like corn
ni' III OF OIL meal, we must be vely careful
n Is use. or we are liable to spoil the.
'nm1l- 1t is claimed bv some that an
abundance of good grass affords u COW
he means of giving all the milk she !,
rap;thIr of giving. and that neither guam
tity on quality of milk can be increased br
adding meal or any other kind of grain f.
Der feed. Ordinarily, however. Grain
does increase the quantity of milk bro
ducts. because it IS only for a short i'm,
that our PASTURES afford An abundance OF
the best grass
All the food consumed bya cow or other
an ma up to Il certain point. goes to sus-
IAN he prr-ent condition. that is. it Goes
to support heat. respiration. and the or,lj
naly wastes of tie BODY. 1t is only what
Il cow eats more than this that returned
to the feeder in the shape of growth, flesh
81 liiIIh' III Oushcl OF meal is iudicOus
" led to starving COW. it will nearly or
quite all 20 to SUI port the life of the AMI
mai but II II IS fed to one that is already
RECEIVING txac ~ enough to support pres
ent condition, the meal will either increase.
the amount of milk. or he weight of the
animal. or both Some COWS have a
tendency to appropriate 4 surplus of food
10 tile storing OF flesh or fat while others
give 1t up to milk so that it i, an ut Ter inpo,-
sIbllIty ever to determine the exact amount
OF butter that 4 bushel of meal will max.
under such varying circumstances One
thlhg. owever, is certain: it will alwav.
pay better to feed a COW well, than to staryc
her, and if her food is dry hay. and that
not OF the best quantity. it will always in
crease the butter product to feed IA small
quantity Of meal. or any other Grain.
very day. and the more a COW will eat
and digest the better she will pay for the
God consumed.-N. L. Furmer.