The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
AGRICULTURAL.
niuhing sseen for ths Dairy.

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the evenings Of the New York state fair,
which, by the way, are one Of the most
valuable features of the fair, some in
teresting aud useful experience was
brought out. Prof. l.. b. Arnold. we'll
known as an intelligent writer on dairy
subjects, said:
Two points are Of prime importance at
the outset, the securing Of proper milk.
ing stock (having the highest possible
capacity for converting food into milk,
and the furnishing Of an ample supply of
the best food. We are slow TO change
old practices In either respect, and there
is vast loss every year from our indi-
ference. In regard 10 ieeding very few
people appreciate how small proportion
Of the feed is converted into milk, and
how large proportion goes to the sup
port Of the COW. During the season Of
lactation alone, IL takes four.fifths OF the
food to run the machine Now cannot
We use less In this way, or else give more
food to the same animal in excess of
what she needs for her support, ard have
1t turned into milk We do not ordi-
nariDy give Onr cows al the food they
can digest. Almost every year there is
= dry time in July, aud grass is scarce.
Then tho cows machinery uscs up at
least seven eights of the food foi its own
support, and the profits are almost an.
nihilated. This In all wrong cows
-ahculd never At any time lack a full
supply Of food and water. We must also
remember that the habit OF milk giving
10 diminished and permanently injured
when . COW II starved, besides diminish.
ing naturally a. the time Of calving he.
comes less distant.
The quality of the feed also makes an
important difference. One kind will not
take the place Of another. II you give
the COW three times as much of the albu-
mtnOids m she needs, and only half the
quantity Of the supporters of respiration,
there will be waste OF the former. To
be sure, the first may be converted into
the second to certain extent, but the
reversed process will not occur. A
proper proportion should be maintained.
Often ID n overlooked that food should
be easy Of digestion. Give COW all the
straw she can consume, and she cannot
digest enough TO keep herselfup and give
milk. II she does rive milk, she will
use herself up and become poor. "AI
tho good hay a COW can eat" in the
spring will not do; she cannot digest
enough Of II. II is like wintering pigs
on raw potatoes; they can Just barely
keep alive, which IL not what we want.
Boil them and the pigs grow fat. The
food Of milch cow should be young and
tender, or else NO cooked as readily to de.
compose. Grass Is most excellent, being
quickly digested, and in fact needing
yery-Attis alteration TO convert Il
into milk, which i. very closely
resembles in composition, chang.
ing the fibrous matter t, water.
Steamed hay approximates quite nearly
to grass, but is harder to digest, especi.
ally II cut too ripe. For milk produc.
ton, the earlier il is cut the better, but
very early cutting may not always pay
quite the best. Perhaps the hest rule
for ordinary practice is to cut Just as ii
Ia heading or approaching blossom
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ed green, In dry time, If properly
gown and properly fed. Cured ia
winter, II Il also most excellent, fed dry
s--has never steamed II. It sheuld be !
cut when just tasseling out Green-cut
clover h better than late-cut timothy, |
but eFssn.cut timothy y best of oil three. |
Weala not stfam any cut At the proper
tine-it DOS mot pay; II digests well |
enough H1tout. There Is great loss in
tee1tne meal. In regard 70 the kind tf |
feed, Geenan or golden millct is des.
tiDGd IN onmaa iufo u>s,Apa1 49, IT,
sd nay lalao b matured for fowls (for
yhioA kfrposes, It is excellent), or for
h0rsea, cattle or pigA II the millet Is not |
wanted 5ss soiling. Il 10 better than
corn fodder, and more OF 1t gtows on an |
acrc. The drink Of dairy COW is also
very Important. Good milk is 81 per |
cent. water, and some milk %. So the
water must be pure and abundant il we |
would make any sort Of milk.