The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-11-19
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Tho queen Of Tho oair.

The recss, special meeting OF The
Maine Daifymsn's association wa.
highly successful in every respect, One
Of the bsa addresses was by Prof 5.
G. Thompson, the state dairy ins,rue.
tor. We give below an extract from
the address. q, reported by the Lewis.
ton Journal;
Now, lam willing to ADM, that YOU
are doing susess,ful farming without
dsirying. bu, do maintain that you
can DO successful dairying in eonnee.
ton with your present work, ! shall
try to show how dsirying can be done
., at profit, II 10 Of course necessary
that careful selection should be made
Of the cows kept. ! am certain that
successful work may be done with any
OF the recognized dairy breeds. but ]
do mean that careful selection must
be made Of the individual animals of
whstcrever breed, and that because
COW is thoroughbred is not sufficient
evidence tina, she has the qualities
which we need for successful work.
do not wish TO be understood as
being opposed to full.bloods, for that is
a step in the right direction, and must
be followed, but when the animal has
developed and we can Judge OF her
qualities, then we should keep or dis
card her, as the results will warrant.
And we must bear in mind that care
full breeding is ono Of the secrets OF
success, for if We are able to improve
our herd from year to year, we arc
constantly growing richer without any
extra expense.
We must have cows that have capa-
city for the work intended for them,
and the whole structure must tend IN
the one direction. We cannot hope to
get large quantities Of milk from a COW
with a small udder, neither can she
produce the milk to fill the udder ifI
she has not the capacity for taking and
assimilating enough food to do the re-
CURED work. She must have lung ca
pacity to correspond with her frame,
or we have a weak spot. Nor will the
lungs be Of any use unless the opening
Of the nosrril is large enough to fill the
lungs at every breath. Her disposition
must be of the same capacity ~ the
organs we have mentioned. In short,
, dairy COW, to DO kept for profit, must
De 50 constituted that she will return
he largest amount of milk or butter
for corresponding consumption of
eed, and the more feed she will con-
sumo at profit, the more valuable is
he cow tor the dairy, and when we
nave = cow with enough capacity we
ire ready to do business that even
he potato farmers of Aroostook coun-
y will be glad to pursue.
After such cows are selected it is
necessary to give special attention to
Ter surroundings and feed. She must
rave clean and comfortable surround
ngs, plenty Of pure air and sunlight,
md be made az comfortable as posi-
lie. She mus, have plenty Of pure
yatsr and be fed such rations as can be
lsed to the best possible advantage.
There are certain rules for feeding
which have been found by experiment
o produce the best result, and tables
f feed hrvs been published by our sx-
stations which are Of great
alue to the dairymen. The essentials
+ the ration are protein, carbohydrate
nd fat, and it has been fonnd by sx-
eriment, that certain quantities of
ach are necessary and that the ratio
J very nearly the same for all cows
nd rations made up to correspond to
lis ratio are called balanced ratiens,
nd if we feed more of any ingredient
ian is necessary, we get no benefit,
nd consequently it is wasted, with the
,sult that our ration is too expensive, h
nd If we are dairying for profit, we Y
lust give especial care that we are not
asting feed which is money.
Protein is the expensive ingredient,
I'd the one most difficult to get in suf-
,ient quantities to balance our ration,
I'd most dairymen are raising their .
rbohydrates and fat with what pro-
In they are able and are buying the
in the concentrated feeds on
c market, such as cotton seed meal,
uten meal, and lately the forsx, which
Gently came into use. and these feeds
sting but little if any more than corn
cal and carrying from 50 to IS per
mt Of digestble protein, it seems is
economical plan and one intended
get the greatest profit. So then.
,h our clover, hay and peas and oats
hieh can be grown in great album
nee here, the remainder which will
very small in connection with those
IDS just mentioned. can be best pro-
red in the concentrated feeds.