Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-05

Estate dairy commissioner of Iowa.l
special event. They yield milk almost
as literally as when i'll the fields. They
have no drying up season, as cows
in this country have in early winter.
Before dropping a calf each one will
have few weeks respite from giving
milk. ard then she will enter again
with renewed impulse on the chief OBJ
ject of her existence.
What wonder that generations of
such people should have produced
dairy COW that can be profitably kept
even in winter and III so doing adding
to her owners wealth through every
season of her existence! The COWS are
fed on hay and oilcake. The oilcake
ration is usually from one to four
pounds 4 day. To those that may be
milking heavily or are reduced in
strength from some other cause the ref
use skimmilk is usually fed.
Cottonseed meal is slowly coming in
to use. Indian corn meal is sometimes
fed in the scarcity of otker food. but it
is not generally regarded with favor.
In the quality of hay lies much of the
secret of success in maintaining lib
eral flow of milk through the winter
months 1t appears much like our
swale grass. very much bleached in
curing. and it does not strike an OBJ
server from this country as being nu-
tritive or palatable. Every blade is
eaten, and the cows always seem de-
sirous for more There is no waste for
bedding.
The Water Question.
The Pennsylvania station found that
there was no advantage in having wa
ter constantly before the cows in the
stable. Cows turned in the yard once
a day made as good returns as those
having constant access to water in the
stables. Much more bedding is needed
to keep COWS clean in pers than in
stalls, but less labor was required to
care for the cows loose in pens than in
stalls. and the larger amount of bed
ding would result in larger manure
pile. The milk of the cows standing in
stalls had fewer bacteria in it than
that of cows in pens.
Establishing q DAArys
If man goes into the private dairy
business with the intention of making
a success of it, he should first see that
his farm has the improvements neces-
sary to carry on the business. says
George w. LOOMS in Kansas Farmer.
If he has no suitable stable. he should
build the necessary shelter. The sta
bles should be warm and dry in the
winter and should be well ventilated.
He should have wells of pure water
and ample barns for storing hay,
grain. etc Many dairymen find that
the silo will materially add to the prof
its of their business. for the succulent
food during the winter greatly in
creases the flow of milk. In the pri-
vate dairy the value of the hand sep
arator can hardly be Oyerestimated.
Under the old system of setting about
20 per cent of the butter fat was lost,
but under the new system of separat-
ing only one-tenth of per cent of but
ter fat is left in the skimmilk. Thus
we see there is a great difference be-
tween the two ways of getting the
cream. and it has been proved that
calves thrive well on skimmilk. In
stances are known where calves have
been fed on skimmilk and no grain and
have made remarkable gains.
Grade Up the Herd.
True dairy expansion involves the
grading up of herd not only by selec-
ton. but also by breeding. 9Aere is no
question among intelligent stock breed
ers but that animals which have been
bred and selected for years and even
centuries along dairy lines are much
better adapted to the economical pro-
duction Of dairy products than COWS OF
no particular breeding. With all the
feed and care that could be given a
herd of common cows has averaged
only 2T0 pounds of butter per annum.
Herds of pure blood and high grade
dairy animals are averaging as high
as $50 to 400 pounds Of butter. 1t is
nossibIe by securing well bred males
and by selection to grade up a herd OF
common cows to excellent producers In
: comparatively short time,