Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-12
I9aiIu Kfnnehfr JonrnaI.
Facts for Farmers.

The period of milking may be classed
in three parts For the first six or seven
weeks after calving the largest quantity
Of milk per day is produced. After this
the yield falls off pretty considerably, but
then remains at about the same figure for
two or three months, when steady de-
cline sets in until the COW ia perfectly dry.
By careful feeding the best parts of the
milking periods may be prolonged and this
ought to be the aim of all milk producers.
If green fodder and other food. which
stimulates milk secretion, can be used at
the right time considerable extra quanti-
ty cf milk may be produced.
The National Live Stock Journal be-
lieyes in grinding corn and cob together,
and gives these reasons The advantage
Of grinding the cob and corn together is
not altogether in the nutriment Of the cob,
but because the cob, being a coarser and a
spongier material, gives bulk, and divides
and separates the fine meal, so az TO allow
a free circulation of the gastric juice
through the mass 10 the stomach. Corn
meal, when wet with plastic dough. is very
solid, and not easily penetrated by any
liquid; and when pigs are fed wholly on
corn meal thew often suffer with fever in
the stomach. because the meal lies there
too long undigested.h
WARM WATER FOR CATTLE.-The ques-
ton is often asked, if it will pay to warm
water for cattle during cold weather. So
much depends on circumstances, no salts
factory answer can be gwen without ex-
plantations. II the barn is tight and warm,
and the water comes from a deep well,
unless the farmer has the means to warm
the water at trifling expense. it will not
pay hut If the cattle drink water that is
not but few degrees above the freezing
point, and the farmer has steam boiler,
or water heating apparatus. it will pay
to take the chill from the water. 1t is not
desirable to have water warmed TO de-
gree above what is natural and agreeable
to the animals.
Some warm the water by the heat of the
barn, by keeping it in troughs in front of
the cattle. In tight barns with large
herd Of cattle, the atmosphere is warm
enough to take the chill from the water in
very short time. When water is thus
kept in the barn it should always be kept
covered. because an open trough of water
in stable will absorb the bad air, and
render it unpleasant if not unhealthy to
drink. When the water is brought to the
barn and the cattle drink several times
day. ii the water is cold. it does not injure
them so much as if they have to go out in
the cold and stormy weather, to "A frozen
pond a quarter of mile from the barn.
and drink while shivering in the cold.
If the water for large stock of cattle
~ to be warmed, and the farmer has no
steam boiler. the cheapest way is to have
a large tank for the water. set several feet
above the floor, on which stove is to be
set; then place in the stove a coil Of
steam pipe. running one end of the pipe
into the water at the bottom of the tank,
and the other end from six to twelve
inches higher. When the pipe il filed
with water build fire in the stove, which
will at once set the water in motion, the
hot water coming from the upper pipe,
and the cold water rushing into the lower
one thus. in very short time the water
will be warm Stoves with coil of pipe
in them can be bought at reasonable pri-
ces; they are very useful on Il farm to heat
water and boil vegetables To those who
keep hogs they will be found to be much
better tnan boilers set in brick.