The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-04-21
THE FARM AND HOME.
SHALL WE FEED COWS GpAIN.
WHEN ON PASTURE.
Results of an Experiment -Relation 81
Gentlemen to Pigs About Chicken
Cholera Farm Notes and
Home Hints.
Feeding Cows on Pasture.

menus carried through as manv sea-
sons, for the purpose OF determining
whether it Is profitable to feed grain
to cows when on good pasture.
The first two experiments we're
made at the station on lots of three
cows each, the COWS being in good
condition and running on good past.
ure. AS some objection was raised
against this test on the ground that
the pastures used were too rich and
| the cows too we'll fed TO show the
best results from grain feeding in the
summer time the experiment of 1891
was transferred to a herd OF sixteen
Jerseys and Jersey grades
/ Ibis herd has been accustomed to
only a moderate grain ration in win
ter and never had any grain in sum
mer. This herd was divided into two
lots of eight COWS each, the division
being made by the station on the
basis of weight length of time in
milk, length of time in calf yield of
milk per day, and per cent of fat in
milk and was indorsed by the owners
of the herd in the opinion that 1.-The
COWS were as evenly divided as it was
possible for them to be-"
The experiment continued from Nav
23d to October 23d, or TWENTY-FIVE
weeks. One lot of COWS received.
each day four quarts of mixture of
two parts corn meal one part bran
and one part cotton seed meal bv
weight fed in two feeds, night and
morning when the COWS were BROUGHT
In to be MIXED. "
The general results of the three
years experiments are summarized as
follows: In 1889, in a season in which
the pasturage was very luxuriant
throughout the whole summer, with
three COWS in each lot, the grain fed
lot gave considerable less milk which
was so much richer in butter fat that
the total butter production was prac-
tically the same in the two lots. In
this experiment the gram feeding was
commenced about a month after the
COWS had gone to pasture.
In 1890. in season in which the
pasturage was luxuriant except for a
short time in the middle of the sum
mer. with three COWS in each lot, the
total amount of butter fat produced
was almost exactly the same in both
lots. In this experiment. the grain
fed lot continued to receive the same
ration on pasture that they had been
receiving during the winter on dry
feed.
In 1890. in an experiment on soil
ing with grass alone, with grass and
grain, just about enough more butter
was produced by the grain feed to pay
for the increased cost Of the grain
ration. " H54 Sati's
In 1891. in a season in which at no
time the pasture was very luxuriant
with eight COWS in each lot the grain
fed lot produced just enough more
milk and butter to pay for the in
creased cost Of the grain ration. In
this experiment the grain feeding was
begun about two weeks after the cows
went to pasture. ..."... +s~ ~
May Gentleman Feed Pigs?.
At one of the farmers Institutes
Theodore Louis. the veteran teacher
OF hogology. had been relating to an
interested audience of farmers how he
Bred fed and marketed his hogs,
| giving minute details of the work.
tending brood sows, cooking squashes,
cleaning out the pens, supplying bed
ding; and everything pertaining to
the business. AS he came down from
the platform farmer with unkempt
hair and beard, a slouched hat greasy
frock and overalls. the latter tucked
into pair of dirty. coarse boots met
him and said: .. ..s ..=.. .r.. "
Mr.. Louis, do you pretend to say
you feed your own hogs?" :,
''Oh, yes When 1 am at home"
"And clean out the manurePn .,s
Certainly, said Mr.: Louis. with a
smile. z
We'll" said Farmer Tumbledown,
with sheer. when man with a
stiff hat a black suit of clothes. a
gold chain and shiny shoes tells. me
he feeds hogs and cleans out the pen
don't believe him. /"
This rather nettled the good natured
champion of improved swine hus-
bandry" and he said:
MY friend, did you learn anything
new of me to-day?" :,
oh. yes" said Tumbledown, ..all
you said about breeding and feeding
was good, but don't believe man
who dresses like you ever feeds hogs, :"
There was an interested group of
listeners gathered by this time. and
with a twinkle in his eyes, Uncle
Theodore said:
Nov, my friend let me teach you
something else. If you want men to
respect you and your calling you must
show some respect for it yourself
You ought to have enough ambition
and self-respect so that when you 90
to town or to attend an institute
you would black your boots. put on
decent suit of clothes. and clean your
self up.
The crowd seemed to appreciate the
! situation, and Tumbledown had bust
ness somewhere else.
| 1t is not the farming. but farmers
like Tumbledown that cause some
| people to speak lightly Of farmers.
There is nothing in the business of
farming that needs to make q boor OF
q man. The day is past when dirty