Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-01

not know how To select good dairy
herd: at least they continue 10 milk
cows that do not pay their way, but
have 10 call on the good ones to make
up what they lose. Again. some who
are dairying are not able to own the
best cows, but are working away with
what they have, conscious of the fact
that they are not realizing anything
like what they would could they eX-
change for an ideal dairy herd. Ii Is
not necessary to have all the cows of
any one particular breed. although n
herd of Holsteins or Jerseys or Guern-
seys or Ayershires, or Red Polls or
the dairy strain 0f short horns. each
animal II. perfect type OF Its hreed, II
heavy producer Of four To live per
cent Ailk ten months In the year. A
well selected herd Of either of the
above named breeds, or any other
breed of dairy cattle Is u beautiful
sight 10 behold. But II Is not the
breed of the animal, but the COW itself
that we are 10 select, one that will
perform ut the bucket and turn over
To her owner from $40 TO $50 per year
In cash. after paying for all feed she
has consumed and raised n calf worth
SO nj six months OF age.
u.-HER FOOD.
As has often been said: \ COW Is a
machine. IL is just ms necessary 10
feed COW TO produce milk aud but
ter as II Is TO supply u railroad engine
with water and fuel TO produce sieam
10 pull train OF ears. And IL Is just
as absurd 10 expect COW to make
money when she Is improperly or In.
sufficiently fed. as 10 expect one of our
modern steamships to piow her way
across the ocean heavily laden with
merchandise without sufficient motive
power.
We once had "A patron delivering
milk to the Suntowcr valley creamery
and the milk fell on so pcrccptibly
that said to his boy: Jimmy. how
many COWS arr you miiking?'' lie an
swcrcd: Fifteen" How Is II YOU get
50 little milk Il don't know why,
unless the cows don't eat enough"
What do you feed thcm:'' We'll.
Ia lets all OF them eat alfalfa ten min-
uics a day: then turns them out In the
pasture. and thcr. ain't u thing In
thcr. but cucklc burrs along the big
ditch" In order 10 Iunkc the most
money from the dairy cow. she must
have u variety aud sufficient amount
Of good wholesome food and pure wa.
ter. There Is great deal said In the
dairy papers OF late about the bal.
anced ration" \ ration Is the total
allowance Of feed FOR twcnty.four
hours. \ balanced ration Is combin.
mig variety OF feeds In such man.
ncr as To satisfy the demands OF the
cow and cause her to do her best and
leave her system In u healthy and
proper condition. \ COW likes a vari.
.ty OF food just rs well as u person
H..t txst. x,sstI s,sl.s
this variety viii bc libcraiiy rewarded
10y her. Here In the Arkansas valley
cnn la grown successfully every kind
of feed u COW may desire. rrc-cmIncnt.
~ above the rest stands alfalfa. the
nearest nli.round feed 10 bc had any.
whcn'. with corn and oats. together
with sugar beet pulp. onc can com.
hinc them and make onc OF the cheap.
est and best rat!ons on earth.
Iii.-THE CARE OF THE COW.
\ COW needs mor- cnrc and attention
than any other animal She needs q
good. warm stable In winter. The COW
that Is compelled to- stand out doors all
day aud all night In zero weather and
warm up all the country from Dry
Creek to the Cc,inrs. in addition to
burning enough food to keep herself
looking half way prcscninbic. is not
running business that pays very big
dividends to her owner.
The cow should he fed three times n
day when not on pasture. and should
he MIXED regularly twice each day.
Wien cantnloupc picking time comes.
some people seem TO think the cow
ought to get along for the next six
weeks without any regular attention,
and then when the melons and bccts
arr harvested, turn In and make her
owner a lot OF money: whereas. for
lack of feed and proper care she il nj.
| most dry-thc very time when she
should be earning 10 cents per day.
Then. too. cow needs and should
have Kind and gentle treatment. Next
to woman or child. treat the cow
with the best consideration of any
thing else ON the place. Hers il tn.
mother nature. and where dairyiug
for profit one must be kind to her. /
went into barn one time and found
n man trying to milk COW with a
XXI. II seemed that that was his way
of getting her to give richer milk:
when the fact IL, II Is the best way to
| decrease the richness of her milk I
have heard II said that n mule will
pun better after II gets a good cursing
from the driver. but not 40 with the
COW. Using big boots and clubs and
pitchforks and 2xI's on cows are the
methods OF some dairymen who do no,
take all the premiums at the fair for
the best cows with the biggest milk
and butter yields. The best man to
handle cows is the one who almost
falls over them when walking among
them. 1t seems like they all want him
TO stop and scratch their heads or pet
them in some way.
Iv.-THE HANDLING OF HER PROD.
The COW should he bred so as to
CONG fresh about the first of Septem.
her each year. At that time the price
of butter Is high and in good demand.
The heaviest of the work is over and