The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-21
Profitable Dairy Methods.

The closing session of the Gloucester
county On. j. farmers institute. last
month, was opened by Mr.. F.. E. Daw-
ley of Fayetteville, n. Y, an expert
judge of dairy cattle. He gave some
valuable statistics showing that the
dairy cows of the east do not do as well,
taking an average of the whole; that,
while there are many herds of COWS
that will average 5000 pounds of milk
per COW per annum, there are also
many that will yield but 5000 pounds
and some that only give 1000 pounds.
COST OF KEEPING A COW.
1t has been found that it costs about
$50, under average conditions. to keep
COW a year. What must the 1000
pound cows milk bring to pay this?
Her milk costs for food alone ~ cents.
The 3,0O0-pound cows costs .0116th of a
cent. The 6,000-pound cows costs only
trifie more than one-half cent a
pound. But do not let US figure on
the average of one herd. Look to the
individuality of each COW. Weigh the
milk from each COW one day in each
week, keep a record of the yield for a
year, and thus ascertain which are
your best cows
THE DAIRY TYPE
Another way of knowing a good COW
is by her external indications of being
a good mixer.
There are the development of the
udder and milk vein, the pronounced
wedge or dairy shape, heavy in the
hind quarters and light forward, wide
across the hips. wide through the heart.
The open organization and the mellow,
oily skin are good indication and il is
prime necessity that the COW has
good storage capacity, good digestion
and assimilation.
Select the best breed only from these.
and do not continue to feed a dairy of
cows that give less value in milk than
you give them in feed.
FEEDING RETURNS FOR DAIRY
COWS.
The next address was by Mr.. Gould
of Ohio on feeding rations for dairy
cows. Mr.. Gould's argument was based
upon the idea that economy in feeding
is matter of getting the most digesti~
BILE food solids from an acre. The three
principal food elements are the pro-
teids, starches and sugars, with some
fats. In this food one pound of proteid
calls for four pounds of starch and
sugar and a fourth of a pound of fat.
As rule 21s pounds proteids are
needed Ia pounds of starch, and the
two will usually carry fat enough.
This starch is found in the greatest
abundance in corn fodder and corn in
meadow hay, etc. The proteids are
found in oats. oil meal, cOttonseed
meal, etc. His remarks implied that
no farmer could afford to grow hay for
his stock, getting only 1,2O0 pounds of
starch per acre. when, in corn and
corn fodder. 5000 to 5000 pounds an
acre of as good food can be produced
at minimum cost. Trade some of oats
and corn for bran and oil meals, and,
as rule, get a ton aid half of them
for each ton of the homegrown grain.
The best rations for our stock are
among the rank growing crops like
corn, and modern invention has made
it possible TO make them as palatable
and desirable to the animals as the
older grown crops. Silage and the silos
has made it possible TO save the corn
crop entire and at small expense, and s
made all available.
Mr.. Could gave several modern ra-
tons for dairy cows, four of which we
give. the amount mentioned being for
a 1,000-pound COW for each "a hours:
Corn Silage, 90 pounds; oat straw, S
pounds; bran, pounds; oil meal. l
pound.
Corn fodder. cut. 80 pounds: corn
meal, 3 pounds; bran, pounds; oil
meal, l pound.
bran, pounds; oil meal. pound.
Hay, 80 pounds: roots, 10 pounds;
mixed meal, pounds; oil meal, !
pound.
With silage as ration Mr.. Gould
thought a COW in full flow of milk
could be maintained at an actual cost
of from to 8 cents per day-at least,
he was doing so-and where the dairy
man would try to cheaper his rations
to properly balance so that the feeding
is not all one-sided, and make the care
of the cow as perfect as the ration, and
when this is attained there will
still be little profit in dairying.