Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07

profit, the cows should DO kept in pro-
ductivc condition all through the season,
and the Young stock should be kept grow
ing. BY judicious feeding, the yield of
the cows can be sustained, aud quite MS
good II quality of butter can be made
and this is most important point in
dairy management. Iu using this term,
1t is meant to include every farm where
cows are kept, if it is only one for
the domestic supply. 1t is n great loss
to feed dry COWS on hay aud grain,
merely to carry them through the winter
for the sake of making twenty five or
thirty dollars per head through the sum
mer. This used to be the custom, but
circumstances have changed of late, and
1T Is now necessary, in the close compc-
tition in all kinds of business, to make
everything count, and to make the farm
and stock pay their way every day in the
year. At least twcnty-tivc dollars is now
required to feed II COW through the winter
81 that profit can be made in the summer:
aud, rs the winter feeding is the most cx.
pensivc, COWS should be made profitable
then us far rs may be possible; or, at any
rate, a certain number of cows should he
in profit through the winter TO pay for
the feeding of the Others, which are de
pended upon for keeping up the supply
through the summer.
1t has been proved beyond question
that COWS can be kept through the winter
most cheaply on cnslagc; but those far
mers who have been wise enough to adopt
the silo do not need advice in regard to
feeding their stock. "By their works
we know them to he sufficiently in
formed as to their business in this respect i,
but the great majority oil farmers have
not reached this point yet, and need nd-
vice and instruction. Cows can be kept
fully productive on dry fodder, with II
sufficient supply of grain food. Many
profitable winter dairies have been kept
upon dry feeding, and profit may yet be
made in this way under good manage
mcnt. This good management includes
full feeding from the start, to avoid any
loss whicl, might be difficult to overcome,
and now that the out door feeding is not
sufficient, the winter feeling should be
begun ut once.
Full daily feed for an average COW
should consis, of twcnty to thirty pounds
of cut corn-foddcr, or clover hay, with
nj least four or five pounds Of mixed corn
and bran together; or fifteen pounds of
fodder with ten pounds OF the mixed
feed. An addition of two pounds OF
cotton-sced meal for milking COWS may
be made with benefit This food may be
divided into three ntions; hcape,l
bus hcl bashctful Of mixed fccd-madc
up of corn-fod,lcr or hay, or both, cut
and wet with hot water, and sprinklcd
over in the fecd-box with onc-hnlr the
grain fccd-should be given night and
morning, and Il feed of dry hay will serve
ut noon. The slight warmth of the feed
thus mixed will be grateful to the cows,
and will secure Il full yield of milk. With
each feed II sufficient quantity Of sal;
should he given; one ounce with each r;i-
tion will not be too much. Atnoon. be-
fore the COWS are fed, they should he
watcrcd from well mt the ordinary tenn
pcraturc. A tight barn, with no more
than sufficient space for hcalthful vcnti-
lation, will keep the cows warm enough,
and the brisk fresh mir will be more
healthful and invigorating than an at
mosphcrc artiicially warmed. 10 keep
the air pure by cleanliness in the stable
is more conducive to comfort and health
than to make it warm by artificial heat.
Calves and ycarlings should be fed
precisely rs the COW; are, the quantity of
course, being regulated according to
their size and necessities; but good feed
ing is indispensable 10 make good cows.
-Amari.wa .iyricuhnrist.