The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-19

MODEL SWEDISH COW STABLE.
three special schools for dairy and
creamery instructions, 10 stations for
seed control and seven for chemical
control, where fertilizers, soils, feeding
Stuffs, etc, are Analysed.
con the dairy farms special attention
is paid to having warm, we'll lighted
and ventilated stables, animals curried
and cleaned daily, not exposed to cold,
changeable weather in winter, always
Watered at their places in the stable
when stable fed, rations fed which
nearly correspond to the feeding stand
ard, and the waste products we'll cared
for
On many Of the farms there is q reg
ular system Of bookkeeping, and fig
ureS were obtained directly from the
books. In the south of Sweden the
land is level and climate mild, and a
great deal of sugar beet is grown, and
the beet pulp is largely used in winter
in feeding dairy stock, the grower re-
ceiving from the factory one-half tho
weight of pulp that he furnishes Of
beets. In this section also there are
but few fences, and the cattle are not
allowed loose in pasture, but when not
in stables are tethered out and moved
several times a day. Thus by the time
the row of cows has moved across q
field the clover or grass at the end
where they began has obtained q good
growth.
In the northern part of Sweden more
pasture lands are fenced and cattle
turned into them, and as they cannot
grow many of the crops usual in the
southern section their dependence is
upon hay and oats. In central Sweden
the farmers are mostly also fishermen,
and their cattle are dry in summer,
running to pasture with little attention,
and feeding in winter updM the hay
grown there which is of Very good
quality. adapted to producing both
milk and butter of excellent flavor and
generally very good.
At Alnarp, one of the two large ag
ricultural colleges located near the eX-
IRENE south end, they have $50 acres
under cultivation and grow from 125
tory, receiving back One-half the weight
of the product in beet pulp. They had
when Mr.. Fries visited them 1G1 milk
COWS, II heifers, { serviceable bulls, 1
young bull, Il heifer calves. bull
calves, 3G farm horses. 5 carriage
horses and . young horses. The COWS
are partly full blooded Holsteins and
Shorthorns and grades Of these two
breeds weighing from 1000 to 1900
pounds per head.
The ration is proportioned to the
amount of milk given. and we will
quote it in ful. as given in winter.
When there is green food. the COWS
have freshly cut green oats and vetch
mixed and have nothing else. Cows
giving over 2G pounds of milk a day
have GO. II pounds of sugar beet pulp.
9.92 pounds clover hay, 30 pounds Of
oat and barley chop, 3.31 pounds sun
flower seed cake, 2.20 pounds of palm
nut cake. 10 pounds rape seed cake
and 1912 pounds straw. This is fig
ured to contain $500 pounds of dry
matter, Of which the digestible portion
contains 3.13 pounds of proteids. 1888
pounds carbohydrates, SO pounds fat,
q feeding ratio Of to G.3.
The COWS giving from IS to 20 pounds
of milk per day receive the same
amounts of beet pulp. clover hay, rape
seed cake and straw. but the oat and
barley chop and palm nut cake are re-
duced to One-half the amount named
above and the sunfower seed cake to
two-thirds. This furnishes 30.32
pounds of dry matter. of which 2.56 is
proteids, 1850 carbohydrates and ct
fat. a ratio of to 60.
Cows giving less than Is pounds a
day get the same amount of clover hay
and straw. but only one-third the
amount of beet pulp and the same
amount of chop and sunfiower seed
cake as those that give Is to 26 pounds.
but they have no palm nut or rape seed
cake. Their ration has 23.S7 pounds
of dry matter. of which 1.75 is proteids,
11.T3 carbohydrates. 40 fat, or ratio
of 1 to 7.3.
The COWS are considered profitable
until 10 to u years old. are MIXED
nine to ten months in the year on an
average, and the average yield is 1890
pounds of milk for Holsteins and 6,60O
for Shorthorns. or 7.040 pounds for the
entire herd, with an average Of 81 per
cent butter fat,