The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-12


shed: 8. penn!n. ci-. q, rack for hay;
Z, sawdust bin: 8, :au bin: Q. meal bin;
10, oil meal II. cottonsecd meal: IL, cave
for roots. extera.fS four feet above
ground. over which are cutter and
grinder: 10, position of cutter.
US to be handy ard save as much labor
as possible. ] think these points are
attained in the following plan, and a
look at the diagram will he sufficient TO
prove it.
For 20 cows would extend the length
Of the building, and for a greater NUM-
Der would build in the opposite direc-
ton from silo. The cutter sets on the
floor, up level with frame on wagon,
making it easy to unload the heavy
corn.
You ask what all this has to do with
the producing of milk. Well, you can't
produce much milk in winter without
good winter quarters. Though they
need not be expensive, they must be
warm, and If really handy, one man
can care for twice as many cows, and
thus make the product cheaper.
The double lines in diagram represent
double walls made as the walls of a
house, and filled with cut straw or saw
dust. would have foundation of brick
. II able; If not, | would set walls on
square logs laid right on the ground,
but set the frame on without nail;E2
to logs, so they may be easily replaced
when rotten. Put the lining on like
house notwithstanding, inverted, so ia
. to run the leaking dust into the WALL
4 Cement floors are as cheap as planed
and much better. would have win.
dow 24X36 inches behind each two
stalls; if in cold climate, have double
sash on hinges, so you can throw
manure out in shed. Also in front n
Y larger window to same space, with cur.
tain to regulate the light. Between
. stalls use two little posts, one Is inches
from manger and the other II inches
i from that. They are made of 2x4 stuff
and are "a and "a inches respectively;
this makes the best stall ever saw.
The hay carrier and track can be
moved from loft to feed alley and made
4 to carry large box of feed along the
alley to managers, which is a great con-
venience. We have room for about all
the different kinds OF hay, ensilage and
ground grain.
Give the cows balanced ration of say
one pound cottonseed meal, two pounds
oil meal, five pounds bran, and if en-
silage is not rich in gain, enough corn
meal to make 40 pounds as rich as where
Q full crop Of corn is cut in, but in all
cases use your senses. Be wide awake
and study the wants Of each COW. Be
4 quiet and gentle with them at all times,
and change the ration as many times a
week as you have kinds Of food, and
have as many kinds of hay, fodder and
ground grains as possible.
By means of pipes and buckets each
stall should be supplied with pure wa
ter ell the time, and the penning-room
also. Also box of rock salt in each de-
partmentf for the cows to lick for amuse-
ment. Don't forget to give a mangel
or two in each days ration; they can be
raised cheaply, and although they con-
tain but little that goes into the milk,
they aid digestion and give tone to the
system, and appetite.
We think we can't do without clover
hay (cut early. A little mash of cut
clover and wheat bran, made real wet,
Is relished by every COW and has no
equal for producing good milk. In the
management Of cows we turn them In
the penning-room after milking al
night, and put feed in the managers be-
fore we turn them in to milk them in
morning. In every herd there are some
very timid COWS, also some regular
bosses; even if they are dehorned they
push and knock the timid ones around
too much. We stall the bosses all al
once, while the others are in the pen
and vice versa. We always milk while
the cow is eating.
There is no rule as to feeding that
will apply all over the country because
the crops are SO different in kinds; but II
you realize the full meaning of the rule
have quoted, and desire success, you
certainly won't fail.-A. F. Webb, in
Ohio Farmer.
American Horses In England.
During the last year no less than 10,
900 American horses have been sold il
London alone. A large number ar
used for the omnibuses and street cars
The cabmaster and smaller dealer pro
tess not to touch them, the former be
ieving, and possibly rightly, that tn
majority of foreign horses are some
what soft, while, as a rule, he declare
shat at his price he can get plenty o
well-bred English horses, and that the,
DO his work very well. The fact is, how
ever, that there are almost as man,
American horses drawing cabs as Amer
lean subjects riding In them. Ate
American and Canadian horses hav
changed hands under the hammer the,
are resold without anything being SAT-
about their nationality. They get int
the country and add to the difficultie
and perplexities of the breeder Inn