Daily Republican., 1888-06-25

EDS. COUNTRY GEsTLEMAN -Bsiug
ints restad 10 the articles IN che dairy
papers Of late, relating TO sailing cattle
and itsjeffect ON quality and quantity of
milk Ishould like tn have from you and
your readers experience In the matter
no W much and how often IL Is advtsAtile
toNive them. different modes Of sailing,
add any arrangement or device In prac.
.Aical use.
Lake Mile. via. eUBsoRIBER.
The DOW is supposed to know how
much GAIT she wants, aud 1t 10 generally
considered the best wsy to place salt
within her reach In stable or field. For
this purpose rock salt Is bsst, as lump
OF IL may be placed ih the manger
whore she oan reach ana lick 1t at will.
When salt 10 thus placed within reach
OF the COW, she does NOS usually con,
sumo large quantity-not more than
two CT four ounces q day. Some dHtry.
men bslieve 1t profitable to give an az
trn amount OF talt TO their COWS to In
dune them ~ drink larger quantity of
water.
Some experimenters have ooncl uded
that tie quantity Of water drunk by o
COW wal an indication Of her yield OF
milk M. DAnssl's experiments, re.
ported to the French Academy OF Sci.
enoes, showed that COWS giving only
from nine to twelve quarts Of milk per
day, on dry food, and what water they
would naturally take, when their dry
food was moistsutd with 10 to IS q usrts
OF wafer per day, gave from 10 10 IA
quarts Of milk, and he was accustomed
70 salt their food to induce thltst for
water. He reported that COWS which
hAbitually drank less than n quarts OF
water were poor milkeis, giving Only
six TO seven quarts per day, but those
that drank &c much As 81 qusrts gave
from is TO 23 quarts OF milk daily. But
the experiments did not determine the
real quantity Ct the milk.
Prof. HorsfA /, one of the most careful
dairy ex perimenters In England. found
that COWS Of the same weight drank
much more water than fatteninR cattle,
and he WAS curious to know what bs
came of the extra water drank by the
COWS. He found that COWS giving 20
pounds Of milk per day drank 40 pounds
OF water more thsn fsttsning cattle of
the same weight, and ON sxanining the
msnure from the cattle and the COWS.
he found the moisture the sAme In both
cAses. 30 he inferred that the extra
water drank by the COWS was given off
from the pores of the skin and the
lungs.
Some dslrymen have reported en- In
crease In milk when this water was
pumped into trough 10 the pasture,
and one pound Of oil msal and three
ounces OF salt per COW were dissolved
In the wafer. The ooWh would no 70
the trough often aud drink o few
quarts, aud the increase was said 10
have been Ave pounds of milk per dap.
Oae party reported the use Of four
ounces OF salt par day, but thought that
was rsthsr excessive; yet IL is probA BILE
that four cnnoes per day would not be
I'M rIous, and two pounds Of oil meal
would be better.
An additional amount Of water upon
dry feed would probably produce more
gaiR In quantity Of milk than upon
grass. From our own experience, we
think IL better that the COWS should
have what salt AMI water they natural
" desire Any attempt to prod uce ar.
tiholal thlrst, TO cause o larger con.
sumption OF water, will only ACT fAvora-
bly, for Q short time. and 1t 10 not probA
bic that an excess of water eau add
anything but quantity lie the milk, and
tfat the increased quantity OF milk
yielded would cot bs likely to produo
any more cheese or butter. The quality
OF the milk 10 determined by the food.