Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-15
JoTTINes FROM GROVE HILL FARM.
BY Uncle Edwin.

| notwithstanding ullc cAulo'"S VI!
season of last year, affecting the sup
nly of water as we'll as OF feed, our
little dairy of IS COWS and heifers ana
remarkably well.
The year previous a substantial s'lo
was erected and filled with good
quality of ensilage.
The COWS commenced to come fresh
in milk in October, and continued
along until into April.
This being the case our winter
dairy averaged only about 10 COWS,
and the greatest amount OF milk was
obtained during the month of May.
The COWS are full blood and high
grade Jerseys. Always keep thor
oughbred sire from approved herds,
and manage to take good care of all OF
the animals.
A year ago this winter we did not
have very much clover hay, as the
previous winter was bad for grass, but
had quantity of oat hay.
The cows had 25 pounds of enslage
a day at two feeds, and what hay they
would cat, which was considerable.
Fed about five quarts OF mixed
grain, bran and gluten mostly, a day.
Had warmed water as wanted. Cows
well cared for generally.
Fed some grain all summer and
green corn as soon as in condition for
the purpose.
Cows generally held out we'll IN
milk, some longer than is considered
best.
The butter was made on the farm.
The average for this herd of IS, eight
of which were heifers, was 315 pounds.
This did not include the milk and
cream for large family.
| OF course there are goodly num-
Der of diaries in the state that exceed
this, but the results were so much
better than ever before that we feel
gratitied with the outcome.
There are several things we find
that have aided in the accomplish
ment of this result. First, some of
the poorer cows were disposed of and
better ones substituted. Secondly,
the silo evidently had very much to
do in the matter Thirdly, increased
Ecarc and attention in all of the details
contributed somewhat to the general
effect.
This winter, owing to the dry sea-
son last year, the top part of the en-
silage in the slo was of rather poor
quality, but are having better now,
and the COWS show the effects Of it in
the yield of milk.
Along with the silage we find that
Il mixture of clover and timothy hay
gives better results than timothy alone.
Glover and silage go well together. and
the more we have of both, up to suf-
tcient amount, the better it will be for
the COWS giving milk. Farmers should
raise all the clover possible, whether
they have silo or not.
We liked the oat hay this winter
very much. 1t appeared to do as we'll
as the clover mixture, although it
would not perhaps be rated quite as
high in milk producing qualities. 1t
was of better quality than would be
some years, as the growth of straw
was not so large and coarse.
We are under the necessity of warm
ing the water for stock, as it is brought
to the buildings by hydraulic ram, and
the stream delivered being so small it
would otherwise freeze badly.
The stock like this warm water and
evidently do better on it than with
that which is colder. The COWS are
doing we'll now, and all of the other
stock, including the young calves and
pigs that are provided with comforta-
Bile quarters, and are otherwise well
provided for.
A very brief thaw has carried off
what snow there was, and this has
been followed with a hard freeze.
which it is feared will have a bad Of.
feet on the newly seeded grass fields.
"A covering of snow is best for these
fields.