Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-06-10


infefm me tArossh The Farmer, The t<st, safest,
an.i most ecoaomie grain fr~.i fof eovs in .am
msri tsw. runnins 70 rsssar. ".-sy. I-r'
liaaxarsp sai f.lsier -.rp. CV~s to 10 fe.i foe
batter. An answer b. this question viii ohli<e
.owe dairy fsrwsrs In M. .isiaity.
West Yysbars.
Tie two prime factor. involved In feed
Ing stock are oa.f aud prgsf. This applies
io cows a. Il doe. Ia all other stock kept.
There !. much written about ''theor-ti-
cal ratlons," especially by those Who
know little of any others, and "halsnc~i
rstIon.," 10y the same class of writers.
The ''ihcoreiicsl" ration IL one In which
the food nutrient. ot which u is m,dc
up, exactly meet the wants of the animal
fed; and by q "bslsncssi'' ration IL meant
q ration Ia which the differing nutrient.
are .o bslanc~i one With the other. as to
exactly max. up the theorvtical staDi-
ard. The thcory l. sound without pue--
tion. bat Il by no means follows that the
farmer should always bring his practice
up Ia u. The farmer carr. nothing
about theoretical rstions or balancing
al. fo,iicrs. la the abstract, nor should
d. do so. lIi. ba.iD... !. concrrnssi With
the factor. profit. 10 guard well this
factor h- must study we'll that other
factor. co.t. Dr. Lave. took the ground
some months since that the compound
Ing 10 ration. hy the farmer, va. more .
question 10 cost. of feel. than ~ balsnc-
lng ~ nutri.ni.. TIL. po.ltion greatly
a.toni.bci some ~ our .,l.nilhc ln,r.ti-
gators. bat from the standpoint of the
important factor ~ pront, the position
sIiI stand unshaken. The farmer must
always give the closest attention Ia co.t
~ m itrrlal, anil what come. az feeding
u. Tie balance be- wants to make y.
value ~ the proiuct above the co.i ~
producing IL.
Nov. NOR, dlr-,tly Ia the question In
hand. tst II - ALWAYS bornc la mind
that J.i.iHr, gri.. Z. hs oA,dI-s l''s-f 80
rus pr,,siis Nlr s,-l. Where there is an
abundint supply At hand, the beet profit.
will bc founi by depending on that
chiefly. or alone. To make good The
Dcc,lci supply. or Ia continae IL ihrons'i
~. gro~ln ..a.ou, the closely slll,i
crops, named In the question prop"and-
81, of cat. aud peas, Hungarian, coru,
etc., com. In q. the next cheapest, and
therefore stand second as compared With
pastursgr. n !. u question of cheap
ioo,l. rather than 10 perfect raiion With
the farmer.
Hut Ne have found In our practice,
that In our old ani rough ps.,urr. th.
gra.. supply !. an thin snd Inferior snd
require. .o much travel and labor on the
part ~ the COW. Ia obtain q sufficient
supply, that they will Invariably fall
ava, In f,..h when left Ia that supply
alon. snL ti,. Inferior ani l.ss pslstabl"
quality of the fo,ider crop. namei, leave
a similar result. ~ Ne hs,. found "
profitable Ia f~-,i q small quantity of
C,,rn meal With th. pa.tursgc aud 10"
solling crops, Ia Keep up the ne.h ot 'hr
COW. sni put them In gooi condition y"
continue their work when ih. advance
~ the ..a.on rclulr.. that they bc taken
frum the pasture. On. Ia two quart. 81
corn meal p-r day, p.r COW, has accom-
pli.hs.I What wa. wanted IN TIL. dlr-c-
ton, and the cost !. trinlng.
On some p,.,uragc the supply ~ gras.
l. essentially deficient for the wants ~
the COWS. aud the milk production Ia con.
sequence l. proportionaiely small and
un.atl.f,ctory. Ia such ease the pront.
Of IA. bu.Ine.. would require that such
deficiency .hould d. made up, and the
question proI,ouniri .uppo.es u Ia b.
done With grain feed. The gra.. ani
fo,idcr crops 10 summer do not essen
TALLY differ la uutritiSr sl.ui"ni. run thr
forsg, of winter. The f"'id"r. of winter
arr the forage crop. ~ summer mlnu.
IA. water. ~ Ia lncrcs." or promote
th. roN ~ milk In summer, The same
grain feed .houli H. furnished q. Ia win
ter feeding, aud la quantiiic. to meet
the requirement. of the cas-. In hand, or
Ia .atl.fy the de.irr of th" operator
TIL. 1. sound Ia theory, ani VI. have
found II good Ia practice. feei corn
meal Ia keep up the condition of va"
cos., anj add the cotton .--i meal, or
Pea meal, to produce q literal How oi
rich milk. hi. will sl.o d. found
good mixture where the purpose u va
intensity the effect. ~ liberal grass fcr'i-
ing. We ARE awar, that many f--irrs
r.,omm-nd aud practice adding bran to
ia. above mixture. bat In practice ".
h,,, got very .ati.fsctor, result. With
out IL, aud ~ long as roller proc-.. bran
cost. about thn same . mixture oi
equal parts corn meal aud cotton 'ee'i'
th. latter |. the most profitable material
Where q liberal fow oi rich mix u the
object. The question of cost, " .hoald
L. r,memb.rci, l. Away. q factor 'o bc
considered.
The prac,Ic. ~ feeding light raiions
of grain feed Ia cows, Will. running to
p,.turr, eau be recommended. u Viii
IT, found protitsbls q. q rule. Ordinary
pa.turag- doe. not quite mc-t th" require
m-nt. of the cows.-Mslns Farmer.