The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-20
FEEDING JERSEYS.
Lessons Taught by Research and Exten-
sive Experience.

Lessons Taught by Research and Exten.
sivs Experience.
The manner of feeding in order to
produce rich and. sweet milk is thing
that to the ordinary agriculturist would
appear al first sight easy of solution.
but it is not so. 1t should be remem-
bered that the animal whose capabilities
are for milking becomes lean on the
same quantity of food that will make
the feeding cattle fat. The consequence
of this is that the milking COW is moro
affected by the changes of temperature
than the fat one. Jerseys should al
ways have dry. clean shed; should
always be protected from cold winds.
and not be allowed to drink cold
water if the best results are desired.
though the st. Lambert herd had
cold water and cold winds. but
were housed every night from Sep
TENDER to June. During the months
of June. July, August and September
they were housed on wet nights or
days. and though the Jersey is hardy,
IS our experience has most undisprta-
bly, proved. there is a great differences
between obliging an animal to endure
hardships unnecessarily and taking care
to keep it in a good. healthy. vigorous
condition to endure hardship. should
circumstances make it necessary: and
IS more food is requi ed where animals
are not properly housed and taken caro-
Of, it NAV truly be said in effect
that warmth is food. And in tho
spring the cold nights are hurtful
to the Jerseys and all high blOOded
animals. as it must be confessed that
the extremes to which breeding for
points has been pushed nave been
rather conducive to an increased
aelicscy of constitution and physical
sensitiveness. though we maintain and
can prove that the jersey is much less
susceptible to this failing than are
other famous breeds which have; with
cut doubt. decreased in value On this
aeeount.
The Jerseys should be currie6 with q
curry card. especially during winter. A
fsw minutes devoted to each animal
every day are profitably spent in curry
ing il. and the benefitsare soon apparent
The first requisite in feeding is, of
course, abundance al food; there should
De no stinting. We fed usually cut hay
and large quantities. of straw. which
they carefully picked over. In tho
early part Of the winter We fed meal
and chah-but lAtle corn meal-buk
later. about the end of December or b.
ginning Of January. we fed cut mangels,
These sGe not good for JERSEYS when
first gathered. and we took care always
to throw out all roots that sh owed any
symptoms of decay or r0ttenness. a.
any impurity on imperfection of food is
sure " affect the milk and butter in
juriorsly. We fed about a bucketfiil
daily Of cut mnngels to each COW. half
q bucketful Of those that were young.
or net. for aay reason or other. giving
. yield of milk. 1t is good plan to
mix meal or shorts with tho cut roots
when feeding. as it corrects the loosen
effect of the mangelA
We do not bel eve 1T all in carrots or
tarnips foe Jerseys. or in fact for anv
milk or butter cattle. We know that
many are opposed 10 mangels ~ a food
for the dairy cow; but it is only neces.
sary to use little care and Judgment
In their use. They should nos be fed
till January. should not be fed in too
largo quantities. and should have .
small quantity Of neal mixed with
them. and then mangels are right roFal
food for Jerseys andwe strongly ad1isa
their use IN preference to other roots.
Id. brseord StspAess. in N. y
Herald.