Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-01-20

feather does not make IL CL00i
its possessor could fly, nor feeding OF
dslry some grain one summer eseaolisn
rule of profitable procedure 1or al
dairVmen, or all circumstances. let IL
is a fact that there are thousands OF
diaries that would be benefited oy an
increase of iced of some kind, where
there are only scores that would not re-
spond to it because of surplus pasture
feed, so nutritive in quality, that gram
would not, in its concentrated form, aou
to the nutritive qualities OF the ration.
NJ own dairy has twelve COWS that be-
came fresh during the autumn OF 1881.
From the first of November, 1891, 20
the first of November 1892, | sold at
the creamery, actual platform weights
20, 800 pounds of milk. These COWS have
been fed grain of some kind daily 1or
the last two years, but at no time over
five pounds a day. Again, this IS not
home bred, or home raised dairy, but
one purchased out of Western droVes or
tall s'sprlngers" on their way to New
| York.
These COWS, after being MIXED all
| winter, were turned on pasture May 9Th,
and grain ration of pound and a nan
of oat dust, costing fve-elghths OF
cent, was fed to each COW daily, as long
as she gave milk. There has been no
| month during summer up to September
first. that this dairy of ''strippers" has
not given over 5000 pounds of milk,
though after May 10th one COW was pur-
| posel7 dried off, and one went dry by
| reason of an accident, so that ten COWS
made up the summer dairy. After Sep
| TENDER 1st, it became necessary to dry
off those nearest to coming in, so as to
give them a months rest, and the new,
or rather the fresh ones, kept up the
flow. The question with me is, could |,
having luxurious pasture feed, have kept
these "strippers" in fairly full flow of
milk during tie summer, and right we'll
up to the time of calving, without the
use of a little grain? 1t must be under
stood that these COWS have no known
| heredity behind them to give them long
milking habits, for it is saying that all
drift COWS have been sold for cause, so
that it is either grain, or some other
reason, that has Influenced them to thus
prolong their milking season, some of
them full year.
| Of course these COWS were we'll kept
last winter, but were fed the rather
heterodox ration of silage and "se-
conds," of the latter five pounds daily,
and possibly four pounds OF hay at
noon, while the care was still farther
from orthodox. by their being kept in
the stable continuously from Thanksgiv-
ing until Easter Sunday. After the first
of October the herd was fed fair feed
of sweet corn once day, in addition to
the summer pasture and the oat dust.
The after feed is not turned into at any
time. If it is fed at all, it is cut high
with the mower, and fed at the barn.
Six of the COWS, yet to freshen this sea-
son for next seasons work, are giving an
average mess of ten pounds each daily.
The whole dairy is in the finest condi-
ton, which is an argument, along with
the milk, that the indications are, that
grain though in limited quantities, but
uniformity fed, has paid one dairyman
at least, and confirms him in the faith
that grain has an important part in bet
tering the milking performance of a
herd of grazing cows.-American Agri
culturis:.