The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22
MILK DAIRYING.
fh0 Animals hest suited for This Yer,
Profitable Industry.

fh0 Animals Hest suited for This Very
Profitable Industry.
The cows most desirable for this i'm
dustry are largc-bodied animals. that
give IN abundant yield Of fairly good
milk. containing sufficient solid matter
to mark specific gravity Of l.e30 on
the scale Of the lactomcter. 1t will not
pay in this business to rear calves. or
to have dry cows feeding three months
without profit. A constant succession
If fresh cows must be kept up by pur-
chase, and the falling cows must be
disposed Of to the butchers. 1t would
be more profitable to give them away
than to keep them TO rear calves.
Hence costly pure-bred cows can not
be kept, unless a profit can be made Of
the calves sufficient to pay for the ex-
penses Of carrying The cows through
their dry time. The COWS most de-
sired for this business are the half-bred
Sho.thorns. or grade Hols,ein- Friesians.
Many breeders Of fine pure-bred Hol-
stems. which are large mixers. and
whose milk is excellent for this pur-
pose, devote their herds to the
production of milk for sale. find
ing good demand for the calves.
which sell at prices which repay III.
cost Of rearing them. Some Ayrshire
breeders do the same with equal profit.
But. rs 4 rule. it is best to attend to
one thing nj time in business. and the
milk dairyman will lind the best cows
for his use to be the grade Shorthorns,
Holsteins or AyrsLlres. The first be-
ing the best cattle for beef, fatteEing
very easily and rapidly when the yield
If milk is falling below profitable
point. which is from eight to ten quarts
a day; the second making fair beef.
especially if they have cross If Short
horn in their breeding. and the third
being fairly good cattle for local con-
sumption. Each kind is Il good milk
ing COW and produces heavy, we'll
favored and dense milk which goes 4
long way in eoloring tea and coffee.
and suits the necessities Of consumers
in every way.
In the summerthe cows are pastured.
but get their usual ration Of corn meal.
and, when the grass begins to fail, are
fed greeL crops cut and carried to the
yard, or into feeding-lots where they
kept. The principal crop fed is corn
fodder. grown in drills and cultivated.
as we'll as il planted for grain. The
main crop on these farms is grass for
pasture and hay. and Western corn is
purchased for feeding. The reason for
this is, that corn is procured more
cheaply and easily THANH it can be grown
here. and can be purchased. while hay
is not easily transported. and can not
be bought protitably. Coarse feed
should always be grown in preference
to grain food. and this can be procured
outside Of the farm. while the other
can not
Partial soiling is indispensable for
feeding the cows on a milk farm. for a
regular supply of milk must be had every
day. and this can only be kept up after
the grass fails by liberal feeding Of sue
culent green fodder. Ensilage is else
a most useful resource. as it provides
succulent food in winter. Where sat.
i>fac,ory supply Of brewers grains.
glucose meal and malt sprouts can be
procured cheaply, these will take the
place of ensilage and can be preserved
in the same way. With these foods.
hay must be fed as a complementary
fodder, and the two kinds will be sui.
ficient for al. purposes without ensilage'
American Agricutturist.