The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01

a revolution among the farmers an
: they are all striving to increase thei
stock and learn all they can about dairy
ing, and il is to promote this great an,
growing interest that we are met her,
to-day.
! To the thoughtful man, to the maj
who uses brains in his business, be IA,
an old experienced dairyman or on,
just starting, the question What Il
feed for the most profit is constant,
before him. Ii is estimated that there
are IL, coo 600 mich cows in the United
States and hat the northwest contains
one-iourth of them. and any suggestion
or change Of plan in keeping them that
will add one dollar To the profits of each
COW will amount in the aggregate Ia a
very large sum.
PLENTY Of good grass * the tounda-
ton of successful dairying,' is Il motto
which every dairyman should remcIn-
Der and constantly bear in mind.
have not yet seen any better soil for
raising grass than is To be- found in
Southern Minnesota and Northern
| Iowa, where the wild hay cut ON the
highest prairie often yields two tons
per acre and when cut on the bottom
lands il is usually twice rs heavy as that
grown ON the prairie. No other part of
the country can raise grass and hay
with as little expense us this section.
While our wild grasses make good
sweet butter land very good hay if cut
early they are not the best for dairy
purposes owing To the fact that they
begin to dry up about the first of Auc-
rIst and after that time they are Il poor
| milk producing food compared with
| blue grass timothy and clover. Wccan
| grow these tame grasses Ia perfection
| here, and dairymen should turn under
| their prairie sod pasture and get tame
grasses growing at the earliest possible
moment to ensure greater profits. For
early pasture there is nothing to equal
| blue grass. The winters frost does not
seem to iniure it, and when the snow
mell' of in April it appears just as
green and Juicy ~ il was before frost
struck il and if You keep your stock of
| from ii few weeks just before cold
weather To allow it 10 get a good growth
you will have IA splendid pasture the
irst day the snow disappears III the
spring. \ good blue GRASS pasture
properly handled will reduce our feed
ing season four weeks, and when sucl
pastures become general (as they will
| III timcD the stock r:lisers o.; the north
west will save hundreds of thousands
of dollars annually by their use.
The early settlers in this region when
they first commenced raising tame hay
confined themselves mostly to timothy
having but little faith i'm raising clover
| Their doubts have proved To be ground.
less and our clover fields of to-day are
our pride and our joy. Clover is be.
yOnd doubt the best paving crop 4
farmer can raise. 1t raises a splendid
crop of hay in June and another croI
for seed in September yielding from
four 10 six bushels per acre and w>>tl
..o::..i .ni..2 - seen s,y!!arS per n;:s.Ic!
1t makes splendid pasture for every
thing that eats grass, including hogs
and poultry. Hogs are supposed to bC
kept by every farmer who keeps cows,
and to get the greatest profit from hogs
they should have Il clover pasture from
MAY until corn is ready to feed them il,
September. Clover is cheaper and
| better feed than corn for young hogs in
warm weather. With a good clover and
! timothy pasture your COWS viii make a.
much butter in October and November
as they will make in June on wild grass
Cut and cured as hay its good qualities
seem to come out in Il stronger light il
possible. After you have fed your COWS
| a good ration of any other kind Of hay
and they appear satisfied just try them
with little good clover, see how quick
! they seem 10 take IN interest III yO-r
movements, the eager look, the strain
| ing of TIE neck To reach every blossom.
will convince YOU that she looks upon
clover something as the boy looks upon
his pie, she is always ready to eat it..
Clover hay fed in winter greatly assists
in giving that peculiar aroma AMI sweet,
nutty flavor, so much desired by the
consumers of good butterand which the
butterinc manufacturers have thus far
failed To produce. Perhaps If they sep
arated the bristles and o.i:il from the
hogs before rendering him into "Neu-
trail Lard they would have better Sllc-
cess. Clover hay contains about the
same amount OF fat producing elements
as oil cake meal; bur not ~ much "tthe
flesh forming elements, and analysis
shows that it has about the same pro-
portion that barley has. 1t is I'll 81
qualities that make clover So valuable
IA food for stock. There is an old joke
about knowing the granger by the hay
seed in his hair If it is ''clover seed"
you can bet your last nickle on him as
being on the road to independence and
one who pays cash for what he buys.
To secure the greatest profit III feeding,
all stock should be well sheltered in
winter, and especially is this necessary
with the dairy cow. She requires q
warm stable and generous feed during
cold weather to ensure an abundant
flow of milk. Warm barns with stables
that will not freeze are not very plenty
in Minnesota and many of our COWS are
still compelled To seek shelter under
straw sheds or on the leaSide % Il stac;
from the cold northwest wind or that
most cutting of ali breezes. the first
twelve hours of Il south wind. Cow.
wintered in this exposed manner re-
qilire all their vitality 10 1--we, and they
must have extra food 10 keep them in
| fair condition and this extra food cost
money which the 'lairymaa viii ind 10
be long time getting back to him
! through the sale of butter made under
| these circumstances. He must provide
good warm stable for his cow, If he de-
sires Il profitable return for hi feed. \
! COW well wintered j. half ,ummered, in
| other words she viii yield one-hal.
more milk ali summer than the poorly
wintcred cow will yield. !. wei fei
COW brings Il prof.; "a uer owner, Z poor
~ fed cow is a bill of expense 10 hla.
/ The liairvman >ao';id make u. of eF-
cry availailc food 70 increase The aow
/ of mix. and ouy If the cheapest :
/ oi water, pump.-in. h,.. 30 per cent ~
water an / 10 Der cent ot soiii or mus -e
forming foot about the same that tim"-
( "a F..E 81 aHr.
ed and yield ten tons IeE acre and
cause an abundant e:W &C MIX when
! fed 10 COWS. II you fear tau di,vetic
effect of the seeds break them on the
ground AMI The COWS viii not . teGougl
seeds TO hurt them.
Cows relish a variety osf0od . change
of diet sharpen, their appetite. i fee
/ OF roots given 10 u COW vii. make ne-
! relish her gram ration better and every
I dairyman should raise a good supply Of
them. Mango. WuT,5e,s arc spteugd
I food Tor Iuiloh COWS and calVe, and are
easily .,i:.s, !. -...S- FroF i,,,i,,.- .yoGs
ground ttA, = SosnsuVi. eleven hoe grain
drill, stop w all the spDut- except the
two end one. and the middle one
and You nave 4 good drill for beet seed
and can sow an acre per hour. They
Weld from Is 10 - tons per acre at 4
cost Of not over 81 per ton. D5;lymen
and farmers of the northwest, Just stop
and think OF this statement one minute.
You can grow mangels at cost Of only
one cent for - pounds, FIVE cent, for
! 100 pounds. ~ Der ton. What otuer
food of equal value can be purchased
! for five times that amount? There :
none. When you buy feed you pay a
! profit to the seller, Waen you raise il
you get thar profit yourself Maagcis
are also good food for young hogs IN
winter and no stockman should neglect
to raise them. In urging dairymen to
feed pumpkins and Mangels do. not
wish to be understood as upderat-
inn Ii. - j fool