The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-11-26
COWS IN SUMMER.
Some of the Things Which Should Not BE
Forgotten by DaIrymen.

| Inc c0ndltion OF the COW Is meas
ure of the product of milk and butter.
Comfort and ability to fulfill all the
/ vital functions BEAUTIFULLY and in per-
lection are equally necessary for the
well-being of a COW, and indeed they
are one and the same, for discomfort is
| next to disease in the common mean
ing of the term; while really, disease.
| or want of ease, is discomfort, and this
discomfort results in disease. Beyond
| question cow subjected to the many
| discOmfortS incident to the summer
season. the heat, annoyance by flies.
1 insufficient water often and as often
excessive exertion, not forgetting the
sudden changes of weather and expos
ure TO cold storms following excess of
heat; all these worry the COW and are
| apt to produce feverish conditions
which SO often result in diseases of
the udder that Immediately and disas-
trOusly affect the yield of milk and its
quality. 1t is easier to keep a cow
warm and comfortable in the winter
than cool and comfortable in the sum-
mer, but it may done without much
difficulty if it is desired sufficiently.
There is rarely any thing lacking in
regard to the feeding. although in
many cases this may be improved by
foresight. energy and liberality. Pas
turage is not and can not be wholly
sufficient for a cows feeding with due
regard to economy and profit; some
provision must be made TO help this
out. and the question then comes up:
How can this best be done and by
what means? And these two ques-
tions. in regard to shelter and to feed
ing, are of great Importance for the
dairyman at the outset of the summer
season.
Shelter from heat and from flies is
indispensable for the good of the cows
in the summer. This may be provided
in various ways. If the cows are kept
in pasture close darkened shed may
be put up, under the shade of trees il
possible. and in as airy n location as
may be. This shed should be kept
scrupulously clean and close enough
TO exclude flies; and yet it should be
well ventilated. Windows covered to
exclude the sunshine, and protected by
netting TO keep out flies, should be
provided. A door well Uttered with
clean sawdust and thoroughly drained
by cutters, and that is at least once a
day well washed down with water and
then sprinkled with plenty of common
land plaster, whether in Il shed, in the
will provide very comfortable rest
ing place for the cows at least six
hours in the middle of the day. When
flies can not be wholly excluded otheI-
wise. an ounce of insect powder, dis
tributed by puff bellows through the
shed or stable, will destroy the in
truders and insure peace for the ami
mails.
The feeding requires some regula-
tions, but none that is Onerous. Ex-
perience has proved that two feeds
in the day are ample. if these are
liberal. a full feed of cut grass, clover,
Or other green food, with the regular
allowance of meal, at least four or five
pounds for a good COW, at six in the
morning, will carry the COW comfort
ably through the day and give her
needed time for rest and Illumination,
but none more than is needed. During
the interval Il supply of water may be
needed, but as a rule. If the COW is fed
ut six in the morning and is watered
before nine or ten ard is then put in the
shed or stable, nothing more will be
required until six la ;i.e evening, when
the same regimen Is repeated. Dur
ing the interval between ten Il. III. and
four p. M, the COW will be all the bet
ter for resting. To keep a COW on
.cp' during this time in an open field.
eX.J 81 10 the heat of the sun and
WCrl.; OF flies, and laboriOusly scrap
ing the ground with her half supply
OF teeth FOR her meager fare of scarce
heritage, Is cruel and wasteful and
loses money for the owner. Where
cows can run in wooded pasture,
clean, airy. fresh. free from all an
nOyances, and with abundant food,
they will be resting through the mid
die of the day, sleeping and chewing
their cud and making milk for their
owner, but an open field is seldom a
fit place for COW to be kept profit
ably during the middle of the day.
Hence. it is good management, when
pasture is the main reliance FOR feed
ing, to keep the cows up during the
day, feeding the grain food then, with
a mess OF green stuff at noon. and turn
out to the pasture at night.
The great advantage OF sOiling cat
tie is that ii is exceedingly cOmforta-
bic for the cows, insuring full feeding |
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