The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1897-12-10
POINTS FOR Farmers.
Continued from First PdI

great fallacy." The power of tie breed
depends on the feed pursued, and then
attending to the varieties of the race.
The question is, how can wa improve
our animals SO as to get profit from
them Mr. Gillingham told now to feed
the calf; we should consider how to feed
the mother. Some one has remarked that
You can't feed 2 per cent. COW SO as to
be 3 per cent COW. But you can feed a
COW so as to increase the butter fat pro-
duct" Aim to increase the Quantity of
milk SO as to get the greatest Quantity of
butter fat. The best groundftD take, is.
how can we make milk the cheapest, or
what becomes of the food the COW eats,
as nature requires that the COW shall
live whether she gives any milk or not
There are several points to consider in
regard to keeping cattle for profit, viz:
the age of the COW the weight of the
same, the temperature at which they are
kept, exercise, and the constitutionality
of the COW.
Some will give more milk than others
on the same quantity of feed. First,
know your cows, exercise YOUR ingenuity
as an American citizen, buy a Babcock
milk testor, and test the milk of a COW
before you buy her. How shall we feed
SO as to get the greatest ambunt of milk ?
We want to know something of the
constituents of milk. 1t contains, APP
proximately, per cent. of albuminoid
to 4 per cent. of carbohydrate, but we
must give more than the parts, so that
the ratio stands practically 1 to or 5 1.2.
The quantity depends on how cold or
how warm the stable is; if very cold the
proportion should be to g.. The nearer
you keep the temperature of thestable to
the temperature of the cow, the less of
carbohydrate you will have to feed.
This is great corn country, and that is
one of the principal feeds we should have
in the dairy, as it yields the greatest
amount of carbohydrate, or pro-
fitable feed. Sell timothy hay and buy
clover rather than feed timothy. We
should feed more bran, gluten feed. such
as cotton and linseed meal, and in place
of letting these go over to England. keep
them at home and send cur dairy pro-
ducts over there. Bran is worth $l2 a
ton as fertilizer. A COW giving 20 quarts
of milk should have 100 pounds of water.
Feed turnips and cabbage right after
milking. Cows should be watered or
times day The speaker added that
he did not favor the use of stanchions
for cattle, but that he believed in
dehorning.
The Hon. D. D. Denise president of
the State Board of Agriculture, then fol-
lowed with an able address on potato
Growing Whole Story" He said
that he had had thirty years experience,
and commended the land hereabout for
potatoes. He emphasized the necessity
of getting the ground in proper condition
before planting; thought we should get
our potatoes for seed from New York
State. In cutting the seed he would
have two eyes on a piece, and throw
away the butt end. The seed should be
cut two months before planting, He
the planting Of the bes four inches
deep in the ground; also 2lieation
ct 1 .009 pounds Of ferfiIig E s ID
5afnvssxd man 3 q iftle u.s.
The evening Session was opened BY
Prof. b. B. Voorhees,, d ector of aerictIf-
ture at the State ExAriment Station,
New Brunswick. on tie subject How
to Save and Use Farm Manure"
Mr.. Woodward then proceeded to tell
'sHow to keep the Boys on the Farm in
a mastery and heartfelt manner, He
began by saying that we didn't want to
keep all the boys on the farm; that if it
were not for the hardy country lads 60
ing to the cities, the prevailing natural
condition would soon cause the cities to
cease, adding I'VE want the boys in the
city, but the best ones we want on the
farm" We must make home pleasant,
if we want the boys kept at home. Make
the pleasantest room Of the house the
living room. Give the boys books or
papers to read, plenty Of them. We
don't want them to think that farming is
not an intellectual occupation. Don't
scold. Hold on to your boy with love,
even if he commits crime.
He. Y.