Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-21
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Prof \ 4. Hacker OF Mln.
nesFota recently addressed four
dairy Institutes held under the
auspices OF the Connecticut
Dniryman,H association. lie said.
among other things 'Hefor. tnl,lug
sofa Experiment station. Travelled
extensively over the state. looking up
ita dairy interests, aud the prospect
was not finttering. Low prices for all
dairy products. little knowledge among
dnitymcn. and type OF cows not suit.
cd TOT the business were the rule.
When l went To- tho station. I deter.
mined to work out the cost Of produce
ton. and since ! nave been there. ".
have weighed every pound Of food the
animals were led. known Its cost,
weighed all the milk received. aud tcHt .
ed II for It's butter fat. We feed each
cow all she can consume ana uaaimi-
late. ~ IN" end ~ the first year. We
found that some cows charged ~ a.
cents per pound for butter made from
their milk while others charged only
~ cents, ana others ranged between
these two sums. The breed made no
difference. some shnfthnrnH made
cheap butter. and some Jerseys costly
butter breed had nothing To do vita
the cost. u was all In the COW, Size
or cnlor had nothing a. do with IT,
We put all the cows that made cheap
buttor ON one mdo. and ranged the
COWS who charged the most Tor butter,
on the other fidc, Zach side. no matter
what breed. showed similar character
iHti,s. Those that charged high price
We're the sleek. nicc-lopling animals
that would answer the description OF
the Rcnrrnl-pufpoHe aud beef COW,
while those thnt made butter cheap
had the genuine dairy type. the light
quarters and the heavy, Wedgc-ahnped
barrel. Every pound OF food consumed
was put tn good use.
IL takeH Just no much food to run
the machinery Of every COW. Ine aues-
tipn N, What does she do with the rest
OF her foodf N she returnn II Ia YOU
In the shape OF milk. she may BE- "a
profitable CuW, " she lays II on her
back ns fat, she " not "a dairy COW.
Always avoid the COW that has ten-
dencN 10 lay on fat. " you want "a
cheap milk producer. l am going to
tell you how To know u good cow. It's
"a simple matter. one OF two signs
viii denote u good COW, M well "a
twenty. In poor COW. the Thigh runs
down straight, Ho there ~ no space
between the thlgh and uddcr On one
side ana the tail on the other. There
should be plenty Of daylight between
the uddcr aud tail. one OF tho best
ways 10 tell what Kind Of COW YOU
have N BY her temperament. a good
dairy type has "a sharp spine. strongly
developed nervous system. and sharp
hin homes. A good COW has large,
wcdge-shnrci stomach. Tot She must
have a large ana powerful digestive
system 10 use up her food quickly, and
make the best returns for II.
Some OF the animals the first year
made but little over 900 pounds per COW.
while others gave over 800 pounds. We
have kept up this record every year.
and the last year, our cows averaged
1919 pounds per COW, and nj cost
OF only az cents per pound OF butter
for iced. one COW gave uH 5l2 pounds
during the year. These We're not
picked, high-prlced dairy cows. but the
common run VI dairy stock Nou In
Connecticut have much better types of
dairy breeds. as In our country, too
much attention has been paid Ia beef
aninals and not enough 10 the true
dairy type animal. We plan 10 have
tho cows come In In the Fan. In order
that the
university students. The cows ARE I'm
the stable only about two hours per
day. They are turned IN at a. M,
fed and MIXED, turned out In the COW
cred bnrnyard. where running water
and salt are accessible at all times
The ynrd IN kept bedded with HaWdust
and shayingf, that the cows may not
eat any fodder except that given them
In the stable, Thoy are turned into
the barn AZ y, M, fed and MIXED. and
turned out again.
eve never have a COW on her feed or
out Of condition, aud they are fed all
they can consume. We feed balanced
ratlona, ana study infinitely the cost,
~ We want to got the cheapest posai-
bile ration. We save cent wherever
Il can be saved. For grain feeds, We
use bran ana barley. largely coarse
bran; we hardly consider mlddllngs NJ
for bedding. Bran IL our great grain
food"
When asked II a COW would not eat