The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22
RALEIGH, N. C.. TUESDAY, JULY %, 1902

returns as those having constant access
TO water N the stable 1t required much
more bedding to keep the COWS clean and
comfortable in the pen than in the stalls
Apparently il would not be economical
to keep itch COWS loose in pens on farms
where the supply of bedding is limited
Considerably less labor was required to
care for the COWS pen than for
those in the stalls. The increase \ the
amount of bedding would also result in
an increased amount of manure made.
The milk made from cows that stood in
stalls contained the fewest bacteria. and
was consequently the clearer. The gen
eral plan Of the experimnt was With
fifteen COWS selected from the station
herd and divided into three lots. During
the first period Of thirty days the three
lots were tied in stalls. at the same
rationS and were turned oct in the yard
once a day for water. During the second
period, lot one was turned loose in a pen
12S25 feet, with constant supply OF wa
ter from two Woodward watering devices.
The COWS did not lea3c the pen except
in a few instances to be milkcn. Lot two
received the same treatment a during
the first period, and acted as a control
on the other .Ho lots. Lot three was
ccnfined in swinging sranchions received
constant supply of water from Wood
ward watering device and did not leave
their stalls during the entire period.
During tho third period all the COWS had
again tho care and treatment They re-
ceived during the first period, and which
lot two received during the second period
as we'll. This was done in order to com
pare: First stall feeding and turning
into yard for water VS. pen feeding with
2 constant SupDly of water and second
stall feeding and turning into i yard for
water VS.. stall feeding with a constant
supply of water. The average yields in
period one IN stalls without water ,Vor.
lot one p lbs Of milk; lot two, Il lbs.
lot three, 22.1 lbs. In period two, those
in pen with water made 1913 lbs of milk.
Those in stalls without water made 1879
lbs. and those in stalls with water .1ade
20.2 lbs. In period three in stalls with
cut water lot one made lis lbs: lot two
made III lbs. and lot three made s8.1
lbs and lot three made 1S.1 lbs. 1t was
shown that the difference in production
was so small as to be within the limits
of error. he results from the COWS in
the pen would have been better, but for
the fact that one COW was very, much
abused by the others, and this caused
her to fall off greatly in her yield, as
NNiies
period The primary reason for this
may be that dairy COWS not being fed
all they can eat more greedy and
aggressive than fattening steers, which
are encouraged to eat as much as +hOv
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will. This aggressiveness became so
great with the COWS in the pen during
the second period that they had to be
tied while fed their grain. The labor
accounts of lots two and three were the
same during the second period. In lot
one the only items of labor different from
the other two were the cleaning OF the.
stable and the bedding Of the COWS. I'm
Ger ordinary circumstances tbs last
mentioned item amounts to little, but
the cleaning of the stable was of con-
siderable Importance. The time required
to clean daily the stable occupied by
FIVE COWS averaged l minutes per day.
or 433 ncr cent. more than was required
to clean the DCn. Bedding for five COWS
in the pen averaged S3.4 lbs. por day.
while that for the COWS in stalls was
only 90 pounds, or "A per Int. OF the
amount needed to keep the lot that stood
in the pen dry and comfortable. Inc
hnlletin is worthy of study.