Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-06-24
Feeding and Managing Cows for MIX
anu Butter.


and to supply both the wants of the
COW for herself, to sustain the vital
warmth, and an abundant supply
for the butter. For this there is no
better feed for mich COWS than corn
meal finely ground, mixed with cut
hay or fodder, SO thatit is thorough
" masticated and made to yield up
its oil in the action of the saliva.
Wheat boiled until it bursts open
makes capital feed for mich COWS.
June cut clover hay may be fed to
COWS with good advantage; and en-
silage preserved in sweet condition
makes a healthful and excellant
food highly relished by the cows
and superior as a milk-producing
food.
But one kind of feed alone will
not give the best results, therefore
it should be supplemented by ra-
tions of mangold-wurzels, cabbage,
kohl-rabi or other succulent forage.
Let me add right here the farmer
should raise more roots for his COWS.
Yet there is nothing better than
squashes to feed for the winter dairy,
it will increase the quantity of milk,
make the butter fne-grained and
hard with natural yellow tint and
flavor of June.
1t is a folly to milk a cow up to
within few days of calving; it is
running the animal machine at a
reckless speed, and break will &C.
cur somewhere; besides milk should
not be used that is drawn fifteen
days before, or five days after par
turition. Every COW should be
MIXED, if possible within six weeks
of calving, yet in some instances
better milk closer; and in case of
very rich and deep mixers, those
being especially liable to that fatal
disease, milk fever, it is best to keep
up a moderate flow until the new
milk springs.
The general practise is to have all
the cows drop their calves in early
spring, get what milk one can out
of them on grass, and dry them off
as soon as pasturage fails.
But the demand for fresh butter
the year round in the cities and vii
lagos is so great that farmers should
turn their attention to the problem
of making winter butter economical
ly.
The time to prepare for winter
milk is when the dairyman has con-
troll of the calving time of his cows,
and portion or all of them can be
made to come in later in the season,
as near October LIST as possible, so
the largest yield of milk will be in
the winter when butter and milk
bring nearly two prices.
1t is not best to let the calf run
with the mother ordinarily, yet in
some cases it should be let into her
morning and evening for few days
only.
AS soon as they establish their
milk flow, extra feeding should COM
mence, but must not be overdone so
as to force them at the start, and
prevent them responding to an in
crease of milk with increased food
when they commence their stable
life later in the season, which should
be early, for cold, frost, chilling
rains and winds are not promoters
of the milk flow.
Get the COWS on uniform rations,
feed literally of succulent food, like
good natural corn fodder and the
like. Feed grain sparingly at the
start, keep it for the reserve force,
and later on rely upon it to hold up
the milk yield and sustain it.
Have all the feed handy, for cows
want to eat with regularity; and
keep the roots in the cellar under
the barn or adjacent thereto.
OF course it will take little more
capital to do this, for winter milk
and butter cannot be made econom-