Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-04-10


butter, too, is superior. He SAID tn
Chicago dealers claimed that II cent
would be the maximum price of butte
for export this year, but he thought i
would bring more on account Of in
creased shipping facilities. He com
plimented Kansas butter.
F. II. Hill, Kansas City, saw a good
future for the business from the fac
that farmers were turning over butter
making to the creameries, thus raising
the quality.
THE ENsILAGE QUESTION.
I. c. Murray, of Thayer, Kas., read
paper ON "Ensilage as Food for the
Dairy" Mr.. t. is an experienced
breeder and dairy man and his paper
was excellent. 1t was discussed by
Sec'y Nissley and others.
proper Temperatures for Milk in Sep
arator" was a practical though some
what technical subject then generally
discussed by all the members.
Care of Dairy Cows" was a paper
by II. NJ. Brandt, rising young cream
lst Of HesstOn, Kas. He emphasized
the necessity of taking proper care OF
animals in order to secure good results.
EVENING SESSION.
BY evening President Geo. Morgan
of Clay Center, had arrived as well as
Capt. A. c. Pierce, of Junction City.
and Prof. C. c. GeOrgeson, Of the EX-
perimental station at the State Agri-
cultural College, Manhattan.
Mr.. Morgan gave brief opening adj
dress, reviewing the work of the assO-
citation and predicting valuable future
for it if it can be properly supported
and sufficient interest is taken in its
work.
SILOS AND ENSILAGE.
Capt. Pierce spoke on "Ensilage, "
and from the abundance of his expert
ence gave those present a most practi-
Cal talk. His remarks were most con-
yincing as to the profits of the silO and
ensilage feed for all kinds of stock
during the winter months, and espe-
cially for the milk COW. Could 100 of
our best farmers have heard him and
The general discussion which followed
on the same subject, we believe there
would he many more s:lOs in Dickinson
county to show for it this fall.
Prof. GeOrgeSon then read paper on
Food for Dairy Stock" which was
so much to the point that it deserves
full report. The paper was as follows:
FOOD FOR DAIRY STOCK.
The time is past when the dairyman
can make a profit without beStOwing
thought and care on the food of his
stock. Increasing competition and de-
creasing prices go hand in hand. To
meet them the dairyman must take ad-
vantage of the general fund of knOwl-
edge which has been accumulated by
experience and by scientific investiga-
ton. This knowledge teaches as the
irst essential in the dairy business that
it will not pay to feed poor COW. The
improved dairy cow should everywhere
De substituted for the common scrub
Secondly, it teaches that whatever
may be the character of the cow, good
Or poor, the product, and therefore also
The profit, must be gagged by the feed
she eats. Poor feed in poor COW is a
poor investment all around. Good feed
IN good cow is the only combination
of conditions from which a good profit
can be realized. The problem for So
luton in this paper then takes this
shape: What constitutes a good feed?
Now, to answer this it will be neceSsa
ry TO go back for moment to funda-
mental principles of feeding, and from
these ascertain what the nutrient ele-
ments in food are and their function in
the animal body.
Let us, for instance, see what is con-
Gained in corn meal:
Albuminoids 10; digested S.4. Car
OOhydrates 67.6; digested 60.6. Fiber
5.5. Fat 6.5; digested AS. Nutritive
ratio 1855.
The first class of constituents are the
albuminoids, SO called from their SINH
larity in composition to the albumen OF
white of eggs. They are made up OF
our elementary subStanceS-carbOn,
oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen. Their
junction in the animal body is to form
lleSh, lean meat, and to furnish the
dlbumcn or curd in milk. The animal
system cannot form lean meat and curd
from anything else. Therefore the
food Of dairy cow must contain al
Duminoids in order that she can give
milk.
Corn meal is not sufficiently rich in
dlLuminoidS TO make the best feed fol-
milch COWS. When it forms the only
grain feed, the cow must eat much
more of it to produce milk than is re-
CURED when judiciously mixed with
richer foods. Thus, in 100 pounds OF
corn meal there are S.4 pounds digest
lble alb. and the equivalent of ~
pounds of digestible starch, with IA
tic about as to SO, but to furnish the
alb. in the milk the ratio should he as
to 5.5, or in other words, only As
pounds carb. of the Y in the meal can
ne used, the remaining 26 pounds are
wasted. Young grass, as it IS fOr
about three or four weeks after the
cattle are PIT on the pasture in spring,
contains the nutrient in the right pro-
portion for milk production and is east
ly digested; hence the reason that they
always do so we'll when first put Oh
grass. Young alfalfa, even, has a "a
ito of to 2.8, too narrow for milk, and
COWS on it would profit by a little
corn meal twice a daY to widen the "a.