Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-10-25
The COW IN ocJosea.

THE COW IN OCTO6eR.
LAST year an experiment WAS tried
with one Of the COWS that dropped her
calf on Sept. - TO see 70 uniform condi-
ticns Of care would influence the yield of
milk and prevent shrinking Of yield.
The COW Was stabbed every night and on
chilly and stormy days, and as winter
gradually approached the stabling be-
came more continuous, and by Dec.
she was let out only on very warm days.
The result was that at the end Of six
months the WELD of milk had fallen off
only three pounds.
IL is not here intimated that this
would result the same for all cows, for
cows are each TO some extent built upon
plan Of their own, but as TO this par
ticulsr COW, We had never known her TO
milk so well In former seasons, and she
has always been y winter COW. The les
son Is that cows would do much better
In the fall, especially the winter mixers,
il they were given more uniform care as
regards temperature and freedom from
exposure, two months before going into
winter quarters.
The object Of COW keeping Is TO see
how much milk can be gotten out OF
them, and TOO few men realize that COM
fort is a controlling factor in the matter.
IL Is common In dairy districts 10 see the
cows left out on cold, rainy and frosty
nights, TO get comfort out OF fence
corners and spreading trees, and the
wonder Is why the cows shrink. Why
should they not: Milk-giving aud cold
are sntagonis,ic. Milk-giving Is a ms
ternal teneficence. Cold resistance is
an expenditure Of life force, snd protec-
ton OF the body Is st the expense OF all
other demands. The COW, the moment
she Is compelled TO defend her life from
the cold. calls upon all the forces, and
the revenues which would otherwise 60
10 milk-msking snd the like are levied
upon in proportion 10 the resistance re-
quired. The first curtailment is In the
milk, and the next In the fats OF the
body; and II the care IL poor and the
feed Is inadequate or Of inferior quality,
so that subsistence is limited, one sees
the nearly dry COW poor and weak.
There is lingering idea eItsnt in
some quarters that a COW must BE-
toughened before winter by much expos
ure, or ''she will be very tender and can't
stand anything" This theory Is held by
the men who keep their spoiled and
damaged hay until there comes "sharp
winter snap OF cold weather" so as to
feed Il when the COWS sppetites are
sharp" and who fail TO see that the
cows grow sharper and thinner over the
lavish ~ foresight and generosity OF
their owner.
Make the COW warm and comfortable.
II the air il pure there Is no more danger
about COW being In warm stable
than Ia hot August pasture. It Ia not
the warmth OF stable that Is 10 be fear
ed, but its unssnitsry conditions. IL
Is not heat or confinement that makes IL
unhealthy, but foul air, gases from fer
menting masses Of filth, and lack OF
suitable foods and OF uniformity Of care.
This IL the fault OF the man, not of the
principle. These men say they turn out
their cows for exercise, and call II exer-
else for cows 10 crowd about the stable
door irving 10 get In where IL Is warmer
If not more comfortable otherwise than
out OF doors. Some men call exposure
health-giving exercise when II Is only
demand upon the COW 10 take part OF her
food TO protect herself from an unneces-
ssry attack of cold. which otherwise
would have gone 10 flesh or milk-mak-
ing. SO much food is lost; there Is
shrinksge In milk, and not gain IN
either health or vitality.
We plead here for more considerste
care OF the fall dairy COW, whether she
be in fall milk or fresh for the winters
work. She l. mother at any time, and
needs that careful attention that should
be accorded 10 sll mothers-uniform
warmth, sueculeut and sustaining foods,
fed with regularity and in such abun-
dance that Nature may be properly sus-
tsined and the demands for milk-msking
fully met The COW has place In the
stable 10 the fall months, and the feeding
should be so ordered that the COW should
never know that winter has succeeded
fall either In feeding or In the stable life.
New York Tribune.
OXFORD POMONA GRANGE.
With Crooked River Grange, Bolster's
Mills, Nov. |:
Opening grange In the Fifth Degree
Routine Business
Conferring ftfth Degree.
Wotnan's half hour Question. "How can nAtuS
studies best lie taught In our common SCHOOLS
Mr. Lizzie Weston.
Recess.
MI. Choir.
Rs~i.stion. Crooked River Grange
-. Geo. Hersey.
D,r1sms,ien Frederick Robie Grange
oqrstion-sln the aggregate has this country
rained or Lost by the reason OF the war WIKI
p.t,.,,,r Minnie Cox.
SNIa-,sn A. T. Morse
EDGAR BARRows,
Y. E WITT, Com
CHAs. HAMLN,
MAKING A CEMENT FLOOR.
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