The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-04-25
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS
Ho~ Successful Farmers Operats This
Departments of the Farm - a Few
Hints Care OF Live Stock
PouItrT
Feeding the Dairy Cow.

Feeding Dairy Cow
CONDENSED from Farmers Review |
Stenographic Report of Wisconsin |
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H. E. Cook of New York, talked |
the dairy cow He said in part: We |
know well enough that milk for young |
and fresh grass for mature animals
give results far above other kinds of
feed. We know that the succulent
qualities of grass are well balanced, |
but the condition in which they are
fed, to succu1ence, is OF great i'm
portance. The success of any feed is
locked up in this one word .'digesti-
bi1ity.' Regularity of feeding is of
great Importance I let a regular
feeder take the place Of an irregular
feeder, and with 40 cows he increased
the milk flow enough to pay for his
services I do not think it makes
much difference whether cattle are
fed twice or three times day.
There is a tendency among some
farmers to feed well when the prices
for milk are good, and to discontinue
such good feeding when prices drop
they seem to imagine that when prices
again rise they can readily bring back
the milk flow by .resuming the high
feeding dropped some months before
But this cannot be done, as the flow
once 1essened cannot renewed till
the COW comes in fresh again. I have
k-own men that had COWS come in
fresh in the spring leave them with
nothing but pasture in midsummer
because they said milk was cheap.
Then in the fall, when the price for
milk was again satisfactory. they went
to feeding again hoping to bring back
the flow that had been lost After
| low feeding, high feeding produces
only indigestion. The pastures begin
| to fail about July first. This mid
summer drouth can be counted on
l cot fov, q
| prophet prophesying drouth in mid
| summer.
We must adopt at least semi-soil-
| ing system. We have in New York
| much land that will grow alfalfa, but
i in most of our state oats and COW
| peas are the great soi1ing crops. We
put the peas in to a depth of four inch
es, and sow enough oats to hold UP
the peas. These oats and peas give
| a good crop for forage during the dry
weather, and what are left make good
hay. They have the advantage of corn
in that they are ready to be fed several
weeks before the first corn is ready
The feeding of concentrates depends
largely on the amount of Succu1ent
feed the animals are receiving Some
men attempt to keep up the flow OF
milk by feeding large quantities OF
concentrates without feeding much
succulent feed, but this method always
proves very expensive. and entails e
loss. The flow can be kept up ina
way, but not at profit.
AS to the feeding of cows before par
turition: Too much starchy matter Is
often fed; but during this time there
should be departure from a bal
anced ration. I do not fear garget Oh
milk fever on this kind of food. Gar
get is the result of catching cold.
On keeping up the summer flow
Of mix would you only feed soilins
crops in addition to the pasture, o.
would you also feed some grain?
Ave feed grain all the year round
There is a part of the time that we
do not know that we get it back; bu
we keep it up all the same. I find tina
cows that are fed little muscle form
ing feed during June have more
strength than they otherwise woult
have.
spring and feed from them all sum
mer?
A-No, sir; you know better thai
that.
| Q.-When do your cows come in?
About April. The continuou
feeding throughout the year, develops
| the cow into more permanent milk
er. I would like to have a g
| dry six weeks But the cows that drol
their calves in the fall are the one
that will not dry up They would ma
tura1ly fall off in their milk in abou
six months, but at that time the sprin,
pastures are in good condition, ard tn
supply of milk keeps up. Then, too
you will get cows sometimes that ar
such persistent mixers that they viii
not dry up. In such cases we do not lie
them bear calves every twelve months
Continuous milking and bearing a cal
every twelve months would exhaus
them too. much AS to watering, tn
| cow wants water after she eats.
| Q--Do you feed your grain dry?
Ave feed it dry, and water tn
| COWS twice a day.
Q.-Do you feed much grain II
the summer as in the winter?
| Ave do not
| Irregular Breeding.