Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
our Agents.
rha receipts Of the following persons VIII be
FEEDING FOR MILK.
IErom the Western Rur.l.l

That certain cows have the ability to pro-
duce an extra quality OF milk cannot pc
doubted. But breed slone Is not sumclent.
Unless we appreciate the fact that mhk Is
made Of the food taken into the 9tom1cn, We
make a fundamental mistake. Yet this error
a not uncommonly entertained. This among
other ways, is shown by the question, which
IN sometimes put to us, Does food navor tne
milk We have heard that question argued
with q great deal OF vigor on both sides, and
%turnips. II fed too generously, will impart
favor to the milk, which must necessarily
partake. in q large measure, OF the character
Of the food. If the food is poor the milk must
be poor, and If the food is rich the mix VIII
be rich, something. a we have before sag;
feedine both the quality and quantity Of the
milk can be improved. A very greaI oesi
more depends upon feeding than the most or
us imagine. A breed, or 3 variation OF 9
breed, can be largely made principally or
! ps,ct tIa f segad fssdin e. MIR aSI ins The sni Ms D sSas
fed is used for breeding purposes, and the on.
sprina in time il used for breeding. NOW
there IL no question that in time the feeding
and the selection will show strong mliklng
characteristics in the descendants OF the orig.
inel animal. Darwin refers to many cases OF
fhis ch,racter. and some of our American
writer give instances of q similar character.
One Of whom we now think cites the case Of 9
very ordinary mixer that produced nenef
calves which were also nothing but very ordi.
nary mixers. The COW After y while was nd
specially for milk, and beside becoming .
rood mixer herself produced heller calves
also became excellent mixers.
we must come to the conclusion, therefore,
that to enable o COW to do her best both as 10
milk production by herself also In the
chs.1ctsr Other offspring, we must feed well,
and oven high. There are other 1MportaQb
questions connected with high feeding which
VIM necessarily press upon Us for solution.
One #. will NOS high feeding so shorten the
life of the animal thai it will prove reaily un.
profitable in the end = There Is no doubt thal
feeding may be 80 high as to in1ufe the AMI
NAL. Or, perhaps, it would be more 70 say
that the general treatment Of ths cow may Ie
Of such character as to in1ure her. y sne Is
shut up, with NO opportunity Tor exercise,
injury would be more attributable to the con-
Anemsnt than to the feeding, although they
cannot be wholly separated. And II tne AMI
NAL Is kept very fat she would no dount pc
injured, for we do not need q fat cow TO PRO,
duce milk. In fact we want 3 cow that Will
convert the food given her into milk and not
into fat. But cows have been high fed Tor
fourteen years and done wei all the time.
And there is Q prominent instance Of q large
herd of lows being fed highly lot seven or
eight years, without the least detrimenI 70
their health. and usefulness. If high feedlns'
4 done iudfciously there is not much danger
OF it proving hurffnl, and very much OF the
evil which Is attributed to high feeding ought
to be charged to injudicious feeding. No ami
NAL can be Injured by feeding, however
much or whatever It may eat, If the system
properly utilizes it, and judicious feeding Will
Insure that the system gets nothing Of any
more than it can utilize. i