Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-11-03
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WINTER oAIRYING IN pAKoTA.
1t 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 80 that
the drainage was perfect. | jot down
what the dairyman told us during the
afternoon while he was caring for his
stock. Every COW seemed to know her
owner as a friend-no haste, no rude
noise, startled her Last summon "Ralt
the farmer, IL raised some corn fodlel
millet and oat a., pen hly. with solnC
carrots and su,,ar beets Cor change Of
food. | contract early for my bran and
buy it cheap. Ny cows all come IN fresh
in September and October, going dry
through fytime begin feeding then
at once to beep up their flow of milk
while butter is high. Inever sell for less
than % cents, and often 10 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 8 in the morning, go
to the barn and give the cows their
grain feed, consisting Of bran, ground
oats and peas ii iho proportion OF eight
quarts of bran. forr Of oats and one O.
peas, or often change 10 one Of new
process oilmeal. Then at O o'clock we
milk. running the milk through hand
separator feeding Iny calves and pigs
the new sweet sliminilk. Then give a
good feed of corn fodder ard let my
cows alone till noon, when water them
They finish up ali the fodder or lnillet in
their managers and lie down to chew
their cuds till half rast 4, when ] again
feed them a smaller grain ration supple
mented with four quarts of chopped
roots, and at half past 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 hangers with
millet or oat and pea hay, first cleaning
out every bit of rubbish left in their
managers, using it for bedding neg
lected to say clean their stables every
morning, hauling the offal and litter out
on the field and scattering from each
load"
Ho was asked IL his cows ought not to
be fed oftener. "Eo," said he, ''cows,
with their quadrUpie stomachs, need
much longer to digest their food. Mel
Their do rouse them up at 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
" bright. sunshiny day. Then find
they are ready to return to their stalls
for their eygu;ng meal.
But do you not find your feed pretty
expensiveI'
'No, not worry. feed about 40 pounds
per Gay Of rough stuff. One-half is cheaI
straw, costing nothing but the hauling.
as thrush tie oats and peas out TO use
for grain. | figure that my grain FEED
and roots cost me 20 cents per day; hay,
s cents-a total of 25 cents per day. My
sl,imp.ilk AID 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. My
cows average me 600 pounds OF butter
per wear, besides fine calf. They are
all high grade Holsteins, crossed up from
the best dairy cows could find. clear
s75 on each cow yearly. Ny pigs, calves.
chickens. etc, pay al expenses, so ! can
Law up for my work about $1,000 per
wear. Besides my farm is getting better
yeorlv f,.onl the largo amount Of manure
spread each winler."-W. +. Wade IL
Ainerican A.9''alturist.
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