Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-02
Late Summer Care Of Cows.

Too many dairymen are careless
about feeding their, herds in the busy
time of harvest; yet, this is perhaps,
the most trying time of the
season. The farmer is extremely
busy, and forgets to inspect his pas
lures, and see that there is sufficient
food to keep his COWS in condition
and to produce full yield of milk.
He often says: II fear my pastures
are getting too short for my cows,
but hope that we shall soon have
rains that will give fresh feed, and
then my COWS will come again" But
this is mistaken opinion, which he
seldom takes the trouble fully to in
vestigate. Milk is temporary pro
duct, and naturally grows less as the
time advances from calying, and when
there is falling off it can seldom
be recovered; so that when COW
falls off five or ten pounds in her
milk it means the loss of about that
amount every day in the remainder
of the season. This is very serious
matter, and does not admit of delay
for propitious rains. Before they
come and cause the grass to grow
your herd of COWS avelost one-fourth
to one-third of their usefulness for
the rest of the season. Let the dairy
man, look then to his herd in time, and
see that the wants of each COW are
provided for. A dairyman should
study the pecularities of each COW.
Some cows will appropriate all the
extra food they can digest to the
secretion of milk, and even deplete
their own systems to keep UP full
flow of milk. Such COWS should be
especially well provided for--theil
generosity should be reciprocated
These are the COWS that pay for feed
ing. They pay back the principal witt
large percentage of interest on al
the extra food given them. They
are only good COWS that will pay fol
ezra feeding; in fact they are onl.
good COWS that will pay for feeding
at all. A dairyman may rest assured
that COW that will not respond t.
ioeral feeding by an equal increas
of milk is not worth keeping, anC
instead of adding to his income rum
him in debt every year. If he ha
carefully noted the comparative
yield of milk by each of his cows, HI
should feed them in proportion t.
their yield. From long practice W
have found no failure of good COW
to respond to. extra feeding in lat
summer We have often given debi
and credit to the COWS on extra feeo
and always found the credit aheac
When the feed begins to grow scant
in July, commence. by feeding ! poun
of linseed meal and pound of bra
to each cow per day. The hnsee
costs Il cents and the bran & cent
making cost of 2 cents per day. Tn
small allowance will keep up the flo
at the beginning of the deficit {
grass. If the pasture should becom
still shorter, double the allowanc
and still the extra milk will pay al
We have often, also, mentioned tt
fact that the fertilizer left by tn
rich food is worth large part of tt
: extra feeding.
Of course, if the dairyman h'
E green clover, fodder corn, mile
peas, and oats, etc., to feed his her
night and morning, in stall, he mi
dispense with the other food; but, 4
+ there are so few dairymen who ha'
i provided these green foods, the gre
: body of them must resort to graz
foods. The various oil-cakes shou
: always be used in part when foe
must be purchased, for they have {
excellent effect upon the cows as we
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