New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-17

Lo- co much more valuable 10 her owner tiah
,ho scrub From 1876 10 1879 was COWBOY
and bcrCrd scrub cattle III Kansas III 'h''4
.ur;n, the feed was scarce and the cattle ma
80 travel all dav to get enough bites 10 max" II
.tomachfnl They weak ana 'hln anu h''"N
died When the grass got better thN '"u'"
enough i'm an hour. They would eat u''i'N anu
then lie down for several hours. Ih"S 'n'''"c'
49,, an ,.u ovcn under natural conditions eat
-. 10 h.., with little exercise A. soon rs W"
ann roarr,nge orr crops We will keep the cows
giving milk in the barn all thc tin"' soilihs 'n'
in summer and feeding cn-ilagc IN Winter
1.-The new barn is furnished with fh" buckley
watering device-cvcry cow having small ou'"''
If water in her manger. Whenever SUE '"N'H
drink fresh supply OF water """H i"
takes a sip whenever She leels Tx" IT, anu ''''
:. scarcely a moment from 4 o'clock in the morn
inc until midnight that some animal Il not "'inn
,,o The cattle never gorge themselves WIN
... hut ,,kc a. little and often and have In"
wafer inst when they want il. lie water II
or,;d i, mines through the barn 10 eacli stan
and in This way is warmed without c\prns" 10
inc, ,bo RIGHT temperature. The cows snow th'
LoncGt of having the water III an ih'i"aseu S''''
If milk and improved appearance.
Cows give the best favored butter soon ait'r
co,vinc Milk from COWS that have been giving
milk for long time never yields th' "s'
Favored butter We breed our cows 80 that ca'''s
.re horn every week in the year. The buik OIL
our milk comes then at all times from irsli cows
and gives us rich decatc-favored butter
Ensilagc is Mr.. Cottrcll's favoritc rough iooo
o., Tho stock lie believes in it thoroughly.
we have found he remarked on this point
:" that good butter is made In the s'a"ie '"'
favor. texture hardness. etc, come from prcc'
and feed A skilled buttcrmakcr brings this ou'
in the butter but II must be in the mix "i"'n
| IL reaches the dairy or he will fail. bran anu
oi,mc,I make soft, havorless butter, but give
| ,oroc nroduction: cornmcal makes rich-ilavof"d,
brittle butter, with small production; co''nh-
soed makes a hard. wary butter W" study 'he
| tastes of our customers, and then commune '"''c
feeds so as to produce the desired Iua',y, anu
~ the same time secure maximum yield All
grain fed is as sweet and pure a. that used on the
household table.
"Our ration for each cow per Gay i fvc pouhus
Iran four pounds cornmca and onc-half pound
Zach COTTON seed and lnseel meals, twenty-five
uounds corn cnsilage and seven pounds hay. Corn
| cnsilage is the chief rough feed. ana We nave
| ,ound nothing equal 10 il. Our silos hold i''oo
tons of it, Last year, in March, our cnsllag" gave
| out At the time we were making one pound
huttcr TO each sixteen pounds milk. We hah 10
| substitute hay, and it then took nearly twenty
| mounds Of milk to make pound OF bnt''r' anu
he cows dropped off nearly ten per cent III yi'u VI
| milk We can raise enough cnsilage on an acre
IA feed during the winter three 10 five cows anu
| il takes two acres of the same land to prou"ce
| enough hay for one COW. At the same time 'he
milk and butter made from COWS ied ehsiaSe II
better favored than when hay is fed
| "A daily analysis is made Of the SKIM m''k
| and buttcrmilk 10 see that no butter Is lett IN
them. If more than slight trace OF bn'tef Il
| found in either an investigation is made ana 'io
trouble remedied When this was hrst 'ried we
had to make some changes, and increased our
Weld eight pounds butter per day from the same
quantity Of milk This analysis saves us huhdrehs
Of dollars year The milk Of each cow Is
weighed every milking. Twice a month we make
a composite sample for analysis from eight milk
| nes Of each cow. We know then just what each
cow is doing, and we constantly Working. by
h selection and feeding, TO increase the amount OF
q butter given by each cow. We have had special
is apparatus constructed that these analyses can
@ he made with much less labor than with that
). sualy employed
4 For Guernsey stock Mr. Cottrell shares Mr..
n artou's enthusiastic admiration. IL Ia the dairy