Montgomery County sentinel., 1886-12-03
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NOTES ON DAIRYING, ETC.
BE CAREFUL IN DRYING OFF cow,

NOTES ON DAIRYING, ETC.
BE CAREFUL IN DRYING OFF COWS.
When it is desired to dry off cows,
care should be taken to do this gradu.
ally in order to prevent Inflammation in
the udder. She should be milked twice
day, but not all the milk taken from
her. When the amount of the yield has
decreased sufficiently, the time allowed
to lapse between milkings may be longer
until the COW is dry,
GIVE THE COWS PLENTY OF PURE WATER.
Dairymen should see to it that their
cows have plenty of water, for a lack of
this seriously curtails the yield of milk
1t is just as important that they have a
sufficient supply Of water as that they
have food, and in order to secure the
best returns the water should be pure.
Cows will drink stagnant water when no
other is accessible, but this is not only
unhealthy for the COWS, but also, aside
from this, must affect the milk. We
have known the milk of one COW to seri-
ously damage all the milk received at
factory, and this cows milk was spoiled
by drinking water in which there was
decaying animal matter.
RECRUITING A WORKOUT FARM BY DAIRY
ING.
In any kind of farming where the
crops grown are sold of the farm, there
is constant loss in the fertility Of the
soil. Stock. raising will restore this, for
the crops are then consumed on the farm,
but dairy farming will accomplish this
still more rapidly, as in the butter sold
there is no draft made upon the soil.
The improvement that can be affected
by this means in short time will be ap-
parent in heavier crops of all kinds.
FEEDING MILCH COWS
If a COW is fed more than she can
convert into milk after what is required
for her support, so that she begins to
lay on fat, there will be falling off in
the amount of her milk yield as she ac-
cumulates flesh, but as the food is in
creased gives larger yield of milk.
The question of how to feed in order to
secure the best returns is one that dairy
men should carefully study, and making
tests themselves, watch the result.
WEED THE POOR cows
How few dairymen can tell what COWS
pay them profit, and how much. There
are cows in the herd that they are keep
ing at IA loss. but not having tested them
they cannot tell positively about them
In the fall is "a good time to weed out
the Improbable COWS, for the wiuterine
of these is just so much money wasted
They consume as much food as COW
that would pay a good profit, and even if
1t should be anticipated that more could
be realized for them in the spring, the
probabilities are that the returns from
good COWS would more tban offset what
advance in price there might be, pro-
vided there was any. 1t will be best to
let all the poor mixers and the old COWS
that are beginning to fail go for what
they will bring. Some think it best to
keep the old COWS that are good mixers,
but it will bo found more difficult to
dispose of these as they get older, aud
their places should be filed by young
cows that will yield as much or more
milk, and do this at less expense.
MOVING IN-CALF cows.
1t is not advisable to change the quar-
ters of cows too near the time when they
are expected to calve, as strange sur
roundings make them uneasy, which has
an unfavorable effect. If any change is
contemplated, it should be made long
enough in advance, SO the COW will be-
come wonted to her new quarters before
the time of calving arrives. A large
box stall, with liberal supply of bed
ding, should be given the COW, and this
should be in a quiet place, so the COW
will remain quiet and free from excite
ment
MAKING BUTTER IN WINTER.
If the cows are provided good warm
quarters, properly ventilated, they may
be expected to give better returns in
winter than in summer, when their yield
is apt to be affected by dreuth, hot
weather, etc. In the barn they can
bavc their food regularly, and just the
quantity needed to secure the best yield
of milk. There they are more conven-
iently attended to. and on this account
are usually better cared for than during
the summer. This results in the re-
turns from winter dairying proving, as
rule. more satisfactory.
MILKING HEIFERs LATE IN THE FALL.
Many contend that milking heifers as
long as possible after they have their
first calves will lengthen the milking
period afterwards. A heifer that has
given only moderate amount of milk
during the summer may be milked late
in the season if she is well fed. but one
that has given large amount for sew
eral months should have chance to rest
aud recuperate before dropping the next
cali. 1t is frequently the case that
heifers crowded the frs. season are in-
jured by it aud never recover from the
effects tf the long and heavy drain on
their system. Nat Mve- Stock Journal.