Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-21
CARING FOR MICH COWS.
l. a. Sorman Writes Of the Bsst Wsy
to Get Rssults.

We are daily In receipt Of inquiri
soliciting suggestions regarding Il
winters dairy practice, the be
methods Of feeding and how to Or,
ance the most milk. During no I,
have We known such a wide spre,
disposition on the part Of the farm,
to feed and get the most out o, h
COWS during the fall and wint,
: months.
Ihe farmer who acted on our ad yic
early in the fall by sowing wheat, rye
oats or barley now has an abuudauc
OF nne pasture, and with an open win
Yer the feed question will be Of cas-
solution, and as a result he win re
ceive good milk flow at a time o
year when prices are highest. Thi
man will also have abundant sprin,
pasture, and his milk checks will b,
the envy Of his neighbors.
Inc farmer who has made no prep
aralion for spring pasture is not vel
TOO late. Plow ground at once anc
seed it to rye or wheat, and be will b.
well prepared for producing milk
from this pasture by early mex,
spring A field Of wheat or rye sown
at this time and pastured next spring
until grass comes, and the milk sold
TO creamery, will yield greater
pr0fts than any other patch Of equal
size on the farm.
The farmer who has no fall pasture
must do the best be can with dry feed,
such as sorghum, kafr corn, corn
fodder' straw and hay. II be exer.
cises good judgment in feeding these
the results will be satisfactory, but
milk will not be produced as cheaply
as by pasture.
In preparing for the winters dairy
business we recommend that the dairy
herd be selected COWS. The cows to
be MIXED should be the most prom
Using animals OF the herd. 1t will be
wise to select cows last fresh and
those which are to calve during the
next month or six weeks. The cows
selected should be separated from the
stock cattle and horses and put in q
separate lot. By so doing, the milch
COWS can be favored with the choice
roughags and will be undistur5ed
through the day. At night, turn
stock cattle and horses and colts into
lot occupied during the day by dairy
COWS to clean up poor feed which COWS
have left uneaten. Have water and
salt before mich cows at all times.
All these things count in producing
the most milk for the least money.
Don't give this treatment to q lot of
strlppers which will not calve until
spring Rough them through. Next
prepare comfortable shelter. 1t is
useless to feed Tor milk and let the
COWS SILVER in the rain, wind and
snow. With this arrangement the
farmer is prepared to secure the best
results in feeding.
Under these conditions you are safe
enough to feed some Of the high priced
grains at a profit. On farms where
wheat is grown, a liberal quantity of
the chopped grain should 60 to the
9ld COW. Put her on 10 it gradually, !
the quantity to what she
Will clean up at each feed. But IL
Inc COW is capable Of large production
and can handle a large quantity of
milk producing feed. the wheat can
be sold and bran and cottonseed meal
purchased at present prices and fed
with profit. Inquiries pertaining to
his phase of the subject we will an
'wer by personal letter.
For milk the old COW must be fed.
Mix can come only from the feed she
ats and not from the feed she should
AVE bad The creamery is in need
II milk, and the highest market Of
he season is before the farmer. III
he butter market is high our prices
or outter-fat will be high. Tie
armer will not be busy with crops
his fall or winter, and be will have
lme to give the dairy business a study
M care necessary to produce a good .
nilk check each month. Just as 1t p,
axes feed to make milk, 1t requires .
nix at the skimming station to get
good-sized check. Thousands Of
'ansas farmers find it profitable to !,
'ed mich cows heavy summer and
inter- 1t will pay you to start feed !,
70 now. The heaviest milking
atrOns are thosp hest ,Ioasad ,,,;,h