Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-23
Dairy Notes.

we COul0 just % f0a80noDly expect q
cider mill to turn out cider when We
shovel In potatoes % to expect . COW to
give milk when she 10 not given such
food ~ can b changed into milk.
We have number Of records Of indiv-
iduals, and Whist IL much better, Of
herds, that 60 to show that the average
man is ss much to blame ~ the average
COW for the record being low.
There is no profit in raising calves un-
less they are cared for from the start.
Stall them like other cattle when
brought in from the pasture In the fall.
There must be no let-up In regularity
of feeding.
The "world-record" cows are useful
sign boards on the dairy highways.
They show in which direction the pos.
sibilities and probabilities lie, and they
give the average dairymsn mark at
which to aim.
The scrub COW seldom "harks back"
to the superior strains mingled in her.
She seems always to prefer to "hark
back" to the average dairymsn q marx
at which to aim.
Before person concludes to raise Q
heifer calf for dairy purposes he should
have good assurances that, judging
from the performances of Its ancestors
for generations back, the heifer will
make profitable COW.
It has been said "that the man who
can cause two blades Of grass to grow
where only one grew before is . public
benefactor.' 1t is certainly not less true
of the man who can cause bis COWS to
produce two pounds of butter where
they only produced one before.
The raising Of poultry, including the
production Of eggs and meat, goes we'll
with the dairy. In fact, the waste
products Of the dairy can be used to q
good advantage in feeding poultry
economically and the time and care nec-
essary with the one need not interfere
with the other; while the surplus prod
ucts OF each can be marketed together
with advantage.
A well known writer on dairy sub.
jects says: Careful breeding and inner
tied excellence may be setat nsught by
insufficient or unsuitable feed, even for
brief period. The successful dairy
man will carefully provide In advance
for the feed supply during every month
of the entire year. Too frequent provi-
sion is made only for the winter months
The severest test sometimes comes In
midsummer rather than in midwinter
when the tendency sppesrs to be to
trust to chance and let the dairy COW
take the seasons feed supply as II
comes. The milk supply Of the average
creamery falls off more rapidly on pas
ture In "dog days" than In the midst Of
winter. MIX yieldalost by the herd al
any season Of the year can never be
fully regained. The entire subsequent
yield during any period of location will
be mainly governed by the extent of the
decline during an unfavorable period
The dairy COW, and likewise the dairy
herd, that makes the best yield must
have no adverse periods at any time
1t is the evenly sustained yield rsthel
than the sudden squirt that determines
the years total.
| An important factor In moving up g
few notches 10 in having nearly all the
cows come fresh in the fall and early
winter. There are several reasons fol
this: The COWS will give from one tt
two thousand pounds more milk during
the year; we get the most milk when Il
is worth the most money; II the cslveI
are to be raised by hand better call
can be raised In this way and wheI
grass comes the calves can be turned
out and they will grow like the weeds
thus tightening the chores and leaving