Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-16
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WINTER oARYlNe IN DAKOTA.
It Pays Even when the Thermometer Is
Below Zero.

It Pays Even when the Thermometer Is
Below Zero.
The barn was not an expensive one,
but would hold 100 head of stock and
was cut into bank with slope so that
the drainage was perfect. | jot down
what the dairyman told us during the
afternoon willie he was caring for his
stock. Every COW seemed to know her
owner as a friend-no haste, no rude
noise, startled her. Last summer" saiG
! the farmer, Il raised some corn fodder,
millet and oat and pea hay. with somG
carrots and sugar beets for q change Of
food. l contract early for my bran and
buy it cheap. My cows all come in fresh
in September and October, going dry
through hytime. | begin feeding them
at once to keep up their flow of milk
while butter is high Inever sell for less
than % cents, and often 40 cents pei
pound
II put my COWS up nights as soon as
frost comes and feed millet, hay and
bran. Now. during the cold of winter
get up at half past 5 in the morning, go
to the barn and give the cows their
grain feed, consisting of bran, ground
oats and peas i'll the proportion of eight
quarts of bran, four of oats and one ot
peas, or often change to one of new
process oilneal. Then at g o'clock we
milk, running the milk through Il hand
separator, feeding my calves and pigs
the new sweet skilnmilk. Then | give a
good feed of corn fodder and let my
cows alone till noon, when water them.
rhey finish up all the fodder or millet in
their managers and lie down to chew
their cuds till half past 4, when ! again
feed them smaller grain ration supple
mented with four quarts of chopped
roots, and at half past 8 go to milking.
finishing in one hour
Myself, boy and hired hand do the
milking | treat the milk as in the
morning and then fill the managers with
millet or oat and pea hay, first cleaning
put every bit of rubbish left in their
managers, using it for bedding. neg
lected to say clean their stables every
morning, hauling the oifal and litter out
on the field and scattering from each
load"
He was asked If his cows ought not t.
be fed oftener. NO" said he, "cows,
with their quadruple stomachs, need
much longer to digest their food. Nei
ther do rouse them up at 3 or o'clock
in the morning. find from observation
those hours are their very best for sleep
ing. Neither do let them out through
the winter unless it is on some especial,
ly bright, sunshiny day. Then find
they are ready to return to their stalls
for their evening meal"
But do you not find your feed pretty
expensive!'
mo, not very. feed about 40 pounds
per day of rough stuff. One-half is chear
straw, costing nothing but the hauling
as thrash the oats and peas out to use
for grain. l figure that my grain feed
and roots cost me 20 cents per day; hay,
cents-a total of 25 cents per day. My
skimmilk and manure more than pay all
care and other expenses. | feed extra
heavy, for this is a cold climate, and
want much milk for my calves. Ny
cows average me 500 pounds of butter
per year, besides fine calf. They are
all high grade Holsteins, crossed up from
the best dairy cows l could find. clear
S75 on each COW yearly. My pigs, calves.
chickens, etc., pay all expenses, so / can
lay up for my work about $4,000 per
year. Besides my farm is getting better
yearly from the large amount of manure
spread each winter. w. p. Wade in
American Agrieulturist.