Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
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When feeding dairy cows, one should
remember that they are great deal
like men and women in the matter of
liking the various foodstuffs. One will
like one thing and another another,
just as one man likes sweets and an
other abhors them.
Feeding by set rule never produces
the best results. says Dairy and Cream
cry. One COW will eat bran greedily
and another minces over her mess
without exhibiting any appreciation of
it, Some cows will eat anything that is
offered them; others are hard to suit.
One will eat greedily and another de-
liberately To get the best results the
one who feeds the cows must learn
their individual preferences and little
tricks of eating and cater to them. A
COW or other animal does better on that
which Is palatable to it. Give cows
the things they like as often as posi-
bic and always try to vary the feed
enough to keep the appetite good. If a
COW is a hearty eater, feed her well,
for a hungry COW never does her best.
If another member of the herd is dain-
ty, treat her likes and dislikes with re-
spect, and she will repay you by an in
creased flow of milk.
We were one time watching dairy
man feed his cows. He was feeding
bran with little linseed oil meal in it.
One COW smelIed of her portion and re-
fused to eat it.
81 always have to starve that COW
into eating oil meal" said the owner.
"When | give a COW anything to eat,
she's got to eat it before she gets any
thing else
We thought that was about the poor
est way to get profit out of COW that
we ever heard of. and time and expert
ence have not changed our mind.
The good dairyman has an eye on the
feed box and Manager and feeds to suit
each COW to the best of his ability, for
a satisfactory ration brings content,
and a contented COW does the best she
possibly can in the way of milk produe-
ton. Time spent in getting acquainted
with the herd is never wasted.
oats For Dairy Cows.
am asked If the oat feeds offered
on the market are good feeds for dairy
cows, says L. w. Lightly in Stockman
and Farmer. There are many brands
of oat feed now offered, and it is safe
not to touch any unless they are sold
under a guaranteed analysis. In some
analyses it was found that the actual
value was less than half the selling
price as compared with other standard
feeds. while If it could have been test
ed for its digestibility the probability
is that it's value would have decreased
much more still. Some oat feeds are
no doubt good, but some are composed
of oat bulls, sweepings and ground
cornstalks or some other offal, digesti-
biIity not being considered at all. AS
rule it is advisable for the farmer or
dairyman to buy his feeds separately
and do the mixing himself.
Feeding the Calf.
1t is less trouble to wean the calf at
the start and feed it than to allow the
calf to suck and wean it in the end. If
the calf sucks, you cannot well regu-
late the amount of milk it gets, as
sometimes it will get more and some
times less. and by this irregular feed
Ing the growth of the calf suffers. 1t
is less trouble to commence feeding the
calf from the start, giving it whole
milk for the first ten days. then grad
ually giving slSimmiIk. increasing the
quantity daily until all skimmilk is
given. A little Iinseed meal jelly will
be helpful added to the skimmilk. Give
all that it will drink. but none should
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