The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-15

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In the fall OF 1859, Mr.. Linus w. Nil
Ter, of Stockton, New York happened 10
mention ~ q neighbor that he had not
hay enough 10 winter bis stock. The
ncighbor replied that he had winte-ad
his COW upon daily ration ~ three
pints Of scalded meal, keeping her In
the stall and watering her by hand, and
she came cut in good condition in the
spring and yielding q fair amount Of
milk. Mr.. Miller Immediately repeated
. the experiments with a herd Of 20 COWS,
aud was so well satisfied with the result
that he continued the practice.
In 1875. he delivered an address on
meal-feeding before the American
Dairyman's Association, aud in 1876
explained his method ut the annual
meeting 81 the Pennsylvania Dairyman's
Association.
He claims that 80 bushels OF corn will
keep herd Of cows, housed and quiet,
three times ms long as two tons Of hay
these being the average products Of
an acre Of farming land or meadow He
recommends the meal of yellow corn
for this purpose, to be fed dry, two or
three times day, and insists that dur
ing their Information in the barn, cows
do not need bulky, fibrous food, and
are actually better without IL.
Last winter committee Of the Wes-
tern New York Dairyman's Association
visited Mr.. Miller's farm, and re-
ported rs follows: fn 4,E
We have from time to time visited l..
w. Miller's herd Of dairy cowsin Stock
ton, n. r., during the winter while be-
ing fed on meal, and after they were
put back again on hay.
They are for size and general appear
ance about an average size lot Of Chau-
tauqua County native cows; average
live weight, about 900 pounds.
The herd fed exclusively upon corn
meal for seven weeks; each animal ac-
cording TO its digestive capacity, max
ing an average of about three quarts Of
meal per day for each COW.
During the time the following points
were apparent
The cows did not ruminate: were
very quiet did not cyince any inordi-
nate desire for food when hay was shown
them, not 50 much as i displayed by
cows that are fed on hay alone, in the
usual way Of feeding a little less than
they will eat; were much more quiet
than cows fed mostly on meal with
small feeding Of hay, say or 5 pounds
per day, We could not discover any
signs Of suffering or unrest in any way
whatever.
BY comparing their common condi-
tion at the time Of going on 70 meal
with their condition at the time of GO
ing back to hay, we could not discover
what they had either lost or gained Of
weight Of flesh Visiting them again
after thirteen days on hay we could not
discover any thing about them that
would denote but that they had been
wintercd in the usual way; they were
then filed up like other cows their
stomachs sufficiently distended for di-
costing hay and were Illuminating in the
usual manner
We also find that the calves from
these cows are Of more than ordinary
size, fleshy, strong, active and healthy,
and that in parfurition, cases Of rcten-
ton OF the placenta are unusually rare.
These cows have been treated in this
wav for several winters at greater or
less length Of time each year, and by
referring 10 notes from cheese-factory
records, we discover that they some
times produce more milk than any other
herd last July, for instance, being
daily yield per COW Of 20 lbs. , or, or
ID. II or. per COW more than any other
herd. 1A
From aflidavits placed before us BY
persons who have observed the point in
years past, we find that such meal fed
to cows, when turned to grass, take on
flesh faster than those wintered i'm the
usual way, other conditions being equal.
Mr.. Miller has published a pamphlet
Of 50 pages, containing the addresses
mentioned above, with some account Of
similar experiments by other farmers,
and complete directions for the care Of
stock fed solely upon meal. He sends
this pamphlet to any address for fifty
cents, and the plan seems worthy of in
vcstigation. The estimated saving Is
from IS to go per head, according TO
the relative prices Of corn and hay
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