Sharp County record., 1880-04-08
SPRING CARE OF DAIRY COWS.

nd Dairymen are looking for quick re-
ad turns, and many of them are not willing
t ID to wait for the results of good feeding.
60 They are doubtful about trusting the
< d cow for two or three months for extra
WI winter feed, fearing it will not be re-
ora funded. They are too often unwilling
esa to 1--WE a liberal ration even for the
he'd month before calving. As the COW is
le nd not Giving milk, they think it sufficient
Des to feed enough to keep her from losing
Th flesh rapidly. If they quite understood
rbu the rationale of milk production they
its would have the greatest confidence in
went the COW as a savings bank for surplus
sh food. A good COW can always be trusted
,e M to repay with liberal interest all the
, her extra food she can digest during the
ii s time She goes dry. Such COW is usu-
r All ally thin after season of milking, and
h vi unless she is fed so literally as to recover
She her heshy condition, she will not give
,ity b her full quantity of milk. Every dairy
he M manis familiar with the fact that good
rived COW, coming in in full flesh, will milk
know down thin unless literally fed during the
che milking season. They ought to see from
,itaI M histhat the extra flesh is laid up in win
,nc ter to be withdrawn during the sum-
bpTa mer. Every pound of extra flesh
Ricbr represents about one gallon of milk, to
, be drawn during summer. If two COWS
10 \ OF equal milking quality are taken, the
w ~, one poor and the other in good flesh on
y q, coming in milk, and both placed in a
,od ~ good pasture, the one in good condition
Sq ,epp viii be likely to yield gallon of milk
,ora ,o 10 excess of the other, during the sea-
,Sons d SON for every pound of extra flesh she
INV IN To possesses over the other. If dairymen
! W mo, would make such accurate observations
hon upon the effect of condition upon milch
ror r n cows-tas they have every opportunity
y .S' oI nj p do- they would require no argument
9 lioo " 20 induce them to feed their dry COWS
.lVI ntbet most lberally. The dairyman who has
Lu'u' not fed his cows as well as his interest
"a ali'" nj required during the early part of the
~ u. m WINTER should do what he can to re-
[1ei % W 'over bis lost ground, by feeding judi
u n' 'ousiy during the few weeks left. 1t
'elng 90 near calving time, he should be
:, III 'autious about giving food of too heat
ly NIn ng nature. Corn-meal alone should
r, ani lot pc given, if that can be avoided :;
ite[ ! Jnd, # nothing else is at hand, it
htl%I mould be fed upon cut hay, so as
lnsy. nave it thoroughly mixed with
ne ."s "sIgl0ps food before entering the stom-
III wr rn' Corn and oats, ground together
css Ae 'ouShel of corn to two of oats
sailor aakes one of the best foods for dry
sea ~ vsFss he food most needed by the
otalh ~ tthls season is such as will build
hlnh nef muscular system, and re-invig-
maui .'e ner vitality. The food should be
WIasic1 ~ phosphate of lime: for she is
anun@lTn aepieted of this during the milk
gas'slg pemod, so as to render her bones
ergyp~ pohsy and the diseases that afilict
tOreV'5Mssyaa spring are usually occasioned
hp \ %g poverty OF the food given through
e SEeH' u water. Cows that are fed upon
- ~" you ,-s cloSer hay during winter, usually
cothsr yo;sf ~ e PEER vigor, because clover is
every ~ ~. y a nsIaSele-forming y matter and phoS-
> next 4 ,S0e -, u anne. Oats, peas, at-bran,
will iDc ~ ol''laeal are all rich in phosphate
me ii =. a'''.. -, are excellent to give the
,ds trsS otoa' l'eneWed vitality during her nom
Ient, ''Ssea: penod. Care must be taken to
,e FIVE I on-!leal ~ IN very small quantity at
snat nsdS 5S9llod, as the time of calving ap-
le seS oacnes e a2 and especially if it has not
sand; 1T lsr al ~ enrough the winter; yet one
recon- GOING i%y Jry, through ,;1I the whole period
nS ury will assist very materially
o. 0Pls sps the COW in health; and it
lssg tritions SS fnJd one evil effect of dry, in
ic blte w;rta, Hs FODDER. When given through
es hin , "0 nave never known i'm