Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-19
YIELD or MILK IN HOT WEATHER..
Building u Summer siio and Filling II the
Year Before.

Year Before.
That n dairy will run itself and pay
dividend IN this day of strong compen-
ton is out Of the question. As soon say
that Mr.. Terry can go back TO the day
of getting seed potatoes amy and every
where, regardless of size and variety.
and 90 al of the work of cropping by
hand add then waiting for a buyer TO
come 10 the door for the crops, as 10
think that the COWS can re handled prof
itably by hit and miss methods and no
attention paid TO their feeding from the
ist day of May until winter. Let the
dairy be the best.
There is not now pasture in thou
sand that will SO produce, but that for
two-thirds of the time they are in il,
that a soiling ration of some kind would
not pay large dividend upon the outlay
and what is more, the flow of milk once
checked by shortage of feed or drying
up, as it does under August suns, can
not be again revived even with a gen.
erous grain diet, while if third of is
had been given from the LIST of July the
shrinkagc woulG have been very lutte.
As soon as the grass becomes dry a cow
that gives % or even 20 pounds of milk
per day cannot get the food she requires
from the shortened grass, and 1t doea
need the addition of three or -four
pounds of shorts 10 keep her in flow.
as a pound of ,horts are easily at this
time of the year worth six pounds of tho
very best grass that the cow may tir.d.
and as rule 10, and the COW that IS
well kept in the midsummer will GER
tainly give 10 pounds of milk more pc,
day than If left TO pick up her own liv
ing in the much tramped pastures.
That the dairy does not pay better /
often the result of neglect, the absence
of that attention TO the little details
that are SO often looked upon as non
essential, and when looked after and
put into practice are the things that
win What the fail and summer ration
shall be III addition TO grass is a CUES
ton. Some say that the four acres Of
the pasture required TO summer COW
would, if soilcG, keep three and better,
and if the grass was cut and fed IN the
yard boxes that no grain or extra feed
will be needed. The COW will eat
more in this way than if allowed
70 run at will There is a disadvan.
tage in this, the extra work and thu
liability of the stables in hot weather
becoming anything but proper place
in which 10 milk, and much less to look
for uncontaminatod milk. 1t is probably
the best way 10 pasture the COWS and in
troduce partial soiling with the second
growth clover some grain and later on
the sweet corn, and thus keep the COWS
up TO as full flow as may be and handle
the dairy with the same intelligence as
those who in other speciaities have won
honorable regulations. John Gould in
Practical Farmer.
See here, John, why is II not the most
practical way TO get that soiling food,
TO build a summer silo and fill ii the
year before on purpose 70 feed the COWS
in summer shortage: You believe tina,
there is no food which Is az cheap and
good a substitute for prime hay in win
ter as ensilage Food costs money sum.
mer OF winter. the best way you can fin
it, IL b. Gu:!sr, the noted Illinois
dairyman, fo.lows just this practice,
He told us last year how grandly il
worked; how his COWS kept up in thei,
flow Of milk, when his neighbors drop
ped off seriously. 1t is not an expensive
thing to do TO provide about two tons
of ensilage per cow and feed it when
pasturage shortens. - Hoard's Dairy.
man.