Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-12-09

boiler 70 obtain the most effective results the
food should b given TO the animals Ii 4 sloppy
state and q . temperature Of b deg. 10 90 der.
Regularity Of feeding and milking must Be-
slficiiy observed. The morning meal should
90 given before milking commences. and the
litter removed fresn the beds and gutter. Az
mixers women are preferable, the hands be-
ing soft and pliable compared with the horns
hsnd Of iiian, The asantits " f6cd necessary
20 supply Tie wants Of individual animals "a
governed By their weight. A COW In full profit
consumes daily three per cent Of her live
weight. During April, Tor instance, a COW in
fun milk should have, In addition TO boiled or
steamed roots and hay or cut straw, two pounds
o. bean or pea meal, two pounds Of wheat
meal TWO poandS or GROUND oats and two
pounds Of bran. II these cannot he grown on
the farm or purchased at moderate cost, then
Two pounds of linseed, barley, or Indian corn
meal may be substituted for the wheat meal.
II the aim Is quality, it is essential that bean OF
pea meal be used.
Care must be exercised in regulating the
quantity Of food to meet the wants of Inc diff
iefeiit animate, and not, az is too often the prac-
ice; TO serve q uniform quantity 10 each In
one case the appetite liz cloycd while the next
u stlnted. In every ease the hangers should
best kind Of bay for milking COWS is welLcured
clover, eit jnst before coming into flower.
DUSTY or highly heated hay ~iniiires the health
and deteriorates the qualits az the produce.
rs u rule, a large quantity OF hay is wasted in
The ordinary practice of the farmer. The chief
part Of the hay and straw should be cut aud
mixed with the meal and boiled roots. Only a
small quantity Of long hay should be given
twice a day IN order to excite rumination.
with the first bite of spring grass the food
must he changed. The boiled roots should
now he gradually discontinued, tho same ouan.
titles OF meals cooked and mixed with good
nay rs before, fed In a less sloppy state in or.
Ger TO eountsract the loosening tendency Of
the young, succuleDt grasses. In June the
quantity of meal may be reduced ono hall, or,
II the pastures are good, discontinued until the
autumn 80 long as the artificial feeding IL
continued, the animals must be fed in the stalls
twice a day. BY the middle Of September. to
MAINTAIN the standard, the Use of meals and
chop must again be continued, commencing
with 4 small quantity aud gradually increasing
the allowance up to N~oeembei.
As To the saving Of the hay CROP. green HAY
y greatly TO be preferred for milking cows.
tending to enhance the value of the produce.
4 very common error is to allow the grasses 10
stand until over-ripe, causing the soluble mat
tiers to become converted into indigestible,
woody fiber. Then it is often slovenly saved.
The use of machinery aud the prospect of set
tied weather often induce farmers to cut down
moro than their limited amount of help can
successfully deal with. Hay cannot be well
saved with insufficient labor. II should be'con-
stantiy stirred from the time il is cnt until il ia
placed IN the stack, unless, meantime, showery
weather should intervene. -Lectuys Jy Gilbert
4HatToy, Sudbntp, FngioaI