The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-13
Notes FROM a Southern Dairy.


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Notes from a Southern Dairy.
agri Editor: As requested sent you by
all samples of rice -four and mixed feed.
sped they reached you safely. The rice
AR and cotton seed meal are bought at the
nlls. which are located within fourth of a
ale of the farm, also a brewery from
,tich l get brewerG' grains almost daily,
ri think there is no adulteration. In nv
BIT, as you say failed to say if any
sv was fed, also If the cows eat the ration
Nth a relish. My custom is to give a small
rmful of home made hay to each COW Just
ther milking at 2:30 p. M, but am now
giving green oats IN place of hay. At 5
m. they are given their regular
alton, (which is very often, when brewers
rrains are given with the ration-nearly
'twenty-four quarts.
You would be astonished to see how
quickly this is disposed of, and the hungry
Ewes that watch the feed cart as long as it is
driven about the yard. l would really like
to know how much they would eat and COM
ment, having tried that two years ago with
rather bad results. My COWS were being fed
then on bran, corn meal and rice -four
eight quarts at night, four in morning l
thought an additional four quarts at noon
would make a corresponding increase of
mix, but | had overdone it; In less than a
week one half of my herd refused all food,
and the milk flow almost ceased-those that
bal been milking some time never came
bck to a fuH flow again-none, in fact,
rEaled their full flow that season. l find
Creference to my books that $l37 so worth
q milk was bought to make up the de-
te cy during that short time. My cows
4 r-average about SIS pounds in weight.
mnow milking thirty seven head, twelve
sve young calves at their side that are
lowed a portion of the milk, as raise all
. ater calves from good mixers, having
4 ersey bull entitled to registry. We are
. .sposing of about fifty-three gallons of
milk daily. was induced to try cotton
esd bulls from reading the bulletin issued
by the Tennessee Experiment Station,
|Opy Of which was sent me by Mr.. Haskell,
|Ot the southern Cotton Oil Company copy
Of it and american DdirymGn sent you).
Commenced feeding the bulls in September,
putting a small quantity-say one quart
into each cows feed. At first they picked
through their food in dainty manner, not
caring much for it, as the pasture was still
good enough to allow them to be a little
choice In their selection. With US there is
not very great demand for milk in Sep
tember, so could afford to make the fight
On the feed question better then than later.
By the time we were wanting milk-about
Oct. l-all were eating the hulls with evil
dent relish. l could hardly estimate the
aying in hay that has been made, ana
would now be at a loss without the bulls.
| want to know if there is any economy in
building a silo where we can have green
10 and oats through the entire winter, to
sy nothing of beets and turnips that we
an raise in abundance. The people of the
asst and northwest depend almost entirely
u them. So much is said and written on
be subject that became interested, think
ag that COW pea vines and corn would make
very superior ensilage. | wrote to Mr..
Iould of Aurora, Ind, who is an authority
N silos, and asked him the question of
economy. He replied by saying that he
5ould suppose there was more substance in
90 d ensilage than there was in green rye
md oats, and referred me to Mr.. Post of
alabama, who, he said, was going into the
Ito business on a very large scale. unfor-
unately lost the address of Mr. Post, and
ct the matter drop. If you can give me
my points about this business, hope you
viii do 50. S. P. G.,
We have never been able to see the need
or the silo in the south, though it may ex-
st in the colder sections of the country.
here is very great difference of opinion
S to the value of the silo, but there are
Indications of rapid decline of the esti-
nate of its value in those sections where it
las been extensively tried. There seems
'ery little need for silo in a section of the
ountry that can have turnips and beets all
he winter, and can have rye and oats and
barley, and the various winter grains, in
'luding Lucerne and burr clover. Our win
erS are so short it does seem like one should
De able to provide the necessary food for
'attle without resorting to the silo, which
more warehouse of water than substan-
jial food.
Experiments at the Missouri Experiment
station bulletin No. s. sustain the opinion
we have always held in reference to the
value of ensilage aud dry folders. You
AN get the bulletin by inclosing stamp to
). w. Sanborn, director, Columbia, Mo.
Inc extreme south has no need for this
no. IL our opinion. If any of our readers
Georgia aud Florida have adopted the
lilo we should be glad to have them write
Is their experiences.