The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21
New Mich Cows In The Fall.

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They supply the family table with
milk and cream, and yield l6 pounds
of butter a week. Now, comparing
the cost of this yield now with the ex-
pense of the summer yield, and the
prices obtained for both, the account
would stand thus:
WEEKLY wlNTERPRoDUcT.
is lbs. Of butter at 49, per lb..... Sc -
| WEEKLY COST.
Corn fodder (2lc. daily 5000. .... 81 ~
Meal Corn, oats, and branl ...... 46-l 90
| Net profit ...... ...... ...... 90. "a 70
The summer account would be:
WEEKLY SUMNER PRODUCT.
Is lbs. OF butter at &c. per lb. ..... 90. 81 48
EXPENSE.
One weeks pasture ...... 900. ..... rs
Excess profit Of winter over summer 30. / O6
This is nearly 7c. greater profit per
pound in favor of the winter produc.
ton. The estimate, think, is a fair
one, favoring the summer, if either.
Labor is not considered in this, but
that would add largely to the advan-
tage of the winter side of the account,
being much cheaper. In fact, farm
ers who have little to do in winter
may save the whole labor account with
the aid of the '<boys.'' The prices are
those we get here in Middlesex Co., N.
J.
A great advantage in fall dairying is
the safety with which butter may be
held for the best prices, while, in the
warm season, this is always attended
with considerable risk. Then, too.
the butter of fall and winter is easily
made of uniform grades, and the max
imum yield is easily maintained, while
in the warm months, housewives, hav-
ing but few of the appliances of COM
plete dairy ARE at the mercy of the ther-
mometer and my experience proves a
decrease in quantity, and quite fire.
quently a sad falling away from ex-
cellence in quality.
! have seen it stated that fall calves
do not weigh as much or bring as good
prices as those of spring. sold calf
on Dec. 10, four weeks old, weighing
$50 lbs, for SC. a pound, or $l2.O8, and
a neighbor got the same price for one
five weeks old, weighing l52 lbs. This
is certainly satisfactory,
consider also that choosing this sea-
son for canning in, increases a cows
yield annually. I have just dried off
a cow that has been MIXED fifteen
months. Her yield in milk in Septem-
Der. 1875 averaged IL quarts daily. In
May, 1875, it had fallen to IL quarts;
in July, grass brought it up to Il OTIS. !;
in September it was 10 IL quarts and
when stopped milking her, in the
middle of December, 1875, it was 8
quarts daily. The effect of the sum-
mer change of food rallied the secre-
ton handsomely and gave me a yield
which, had there been no change,
would have constantly fallen off until
the COW was dry. This increase, COM
ing eight OF ten months after the COW
had calved, is richer in butter and
cream than a larger flow at first would
have been, and the yield is so much
the better.
Of course this yield cannot be Sc
cured unless the cows are comfortably
sheltered and protected from storm
and cold. But they should have this
any way, if they are to be good for
anything in Spring; and the increased
care in thus protecting and feeding
them is paid for in the increased
value of the manure alone. The ma.
nure saved from COWS fed with meal
and kept in extra condition is worth
far more than that collected from ami.
mails simply having the run of the
straw stack.
AS to the inconveniee of milking in
cold weather, it may be said that it is
more comfortable milking in a stable.
where the animal heat keeps the tenn.
perature above the freezing point,
than in the hot summer months and
worry of fly-time. My experience in
all these particulars perfectly satisfies
me that farm dairying is best carried
on in fall and winter,
| FOdder-C0rn.
Perhaps your readers will be inter.
ested in the plans followed here in
| sowing, harvesting. and cnrinr this