The Republican journal., 1903-12-31
THE CARE OF FARM STOCK.
Waldo County Notes From the Bulletin of
the Agricultural Department..

the Agricultural Department.
WINTERPoRT-We like dairy barn
"A feet wide, with u feet for the floor
to run lengthwise. Would like the
posts 20 feet, and length as required
for amount of stock and food to be
stored. This will hold ample feed
for the stock that can be stabbed. Ny
method of caring for cows is this: We
90 to the barn at six O'Clock in the
morning, in winter, feed the horses hay,
clean out the voidings of the COWS,
brush the dirt from their udders and
milk. One man takes the milk to the
separator room and separates it and
feeds the hogs, another feeds the cows
hay and the horses grain. After break
fast we feed cows grain, feed sheep,
water horses, which receive one pail
three times a day, and do what other
chores are needed. The COWS drink
what they wish from troughs lined
with galvanized iron in front. Cows
and horses are carded and brushed
| All stock are fed at 11.30. The sheep
are given corn meal and good bran,
equal weight, with water and salt by
them all the time. We commence to
feed in the afternoon at four and do
chores until supper at five O'Clock, then
milk, separate the milk and finish the
chores. For stable bedding we like
good oat straw run through the hay
cutter. for horses, cows, hogs and
sheep, used literally. A poultry house
for 15O hens should be 13 by so feet,
with 2 3 inches studding five feet
apart. boarded with good boards, cover
ed with paper and shingled. 1t should
have four windows to open. and hole
in each gable with window blind over
| it for ventilation; also window i'll each
end-A. w. Hardy.
THoRNDIKE-On our two farms, in
feeding our twenty odd COWS for milk,
we give two meals day, hay fer rough
age and bran and cotton-seed meal for
grain. We mix 800 pounds of bran with
| 100 pounds of cottonseed meal, and feed
from four to ten quarts of this per COW,
daily, according to the amount of milk
given. Most of the COWS have water in
their cribs. think the only advantage
of this is in the saving of labor. With
! the tie-up on the south side and plenty
of sun about ten square feet OF glass
, to each II feet in length OF barn. and
! everything kept clean, the COWS are
perfectly contented and usually stay in
continuously from November to May
18th and are always well and do we'll.
Heifer calves are raised on Sklm-mllk,
about milk warm, to which is added
flax seed meal, commencing with about
one-half ounce to feed and increasing
as needed. The best of calves can be
raised on this feed. After they are a
few days old they eat some fine hay and
bran. After they are two months old,
they eat one or two quarts OF bran a
day. Spring calves are kept in the
barn the first summer 1t is less work
to take care of them and they do better.
Be sure to keep them clean. In con-
structing a tie-up the first essential is
| to have it face the south. This, with
plenty of glass, means plenty OF sun,
plenty of light. and plenty OF warmth.
The tie-up should not be less than 1s
feet wide, and 1-2 feet is good height.
AS to the internal arrangements, l
have never seen one that just suited
me. In regard to bedding, leaves from
the woods are good. | have been able
| to use wheelbarrow load of partly
dry horse manure in the trench to every
four cows, as an absorbent, and it
makes a fine mixture and largely helps
to keep the tie-up clean and dry. All
cannot obtain SO large supply, but we
can get loan or muck instead. Still ii
sand, loan or muck is used under cows
for bedding it will get into the milk
pail, even if the cows are carefully
brushed before milking. Leaves, saw
dust and shavings are best.-C. E.
Smith.
SEARsMONT-lb believe that whatever
style of tie-up is used. sunlight in it fol
as long portion of the day as possible
is necessary for the comfort and well
being of stock, and with that, do not
deem it necessary for the health OF
stock that they be turned out t-of-doors
in the winter For sheep, as far as my
experience goes, the first necessity is
high and dry place for them to lie in,
with free chance to run out-of-doors
at will If the ground is not very high
and dry where the sheep barn stands,
they should have floor raised several
feet from the ground to lie upon.-Otis
d. Wilson.