The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-09
RefIzRD and
A.!GARDEN


! the focal point OF more dairy legiSla-
| ton and is the most essential item
| in dairy manufactures. City boards
| of health, dairy and food inspectors
! and State dairy and food commission
/ ers are active in the work of improve
ment of the sanitary conditions sur
| rounding the production of milk. Re-
| ports from these various officers show
| that one of the greatest obstacles in
| the way of securing Improvement is
| the barns in which the herds are
| kept, Too often these barns are found
| to be damp, dark and poorly ventilat-
| ed; the floors are a source of ever
| lasting odors; the lack of sunlight pro-
| notes decomposition, and every par
| ticle of dust is loaded with germs,
| which readily find their way into the
milk. The foul odors present are abb
| sorbed by the milk before it can be
| removed from the premises. The
cows are more susceptible to disease,
and the place is entirely unfit for
| housing animals. There seems to be
| some excuse for this condition OF
things, as many, if not most, of these
| barns were built before the necessity
of light and ventilation, good drain
age and sanitary arrangements for the
! interior were as well known as they
| are today Most dairymen realize this
fact, and would make improvements
which are not necessarily expensive II
they knew how to go about it, contin-
| ues the Tribune Farmer.
The dairy division receives many in
| quiries regarding the construction OF
new dairy barns, as there seems to
| be a lack of available information on
this matter that is reliable and prac-
| teal 1t is proposed to make working
plans and to give specifications for
material and manner of construction,
! and to make the work especially ap-
! plicable to the dairyman who cannot
afford an expensive structure and the
services of an architect, and 10 place
| these in the hands of those who may
| desire them as soon as 1t can be
+, done properly.
Many excellent barns have been
built in different parts of the coun-
| try; it is desirable to make study
| of these, and in order to do SO With
| out unnecessary expenditure of money
| for travel the dairy division desires
! that those who have built barns hav-
ing especially good features in gen.
eral arrangement of floors, or in de-
! tails Of stalls, handy devices, etc..
would write to tie dairy division OF
| the Bureau of Animal Industry OF
their success, giving details as much
as possible. Some Of the best barns
will be visited, with view to secur-
ing more complete details than can be
given in a letter.
k It is also desired that those who
/ contemplate building new dairy barns
| or intend to rebuild their old barns
| with a view to making them modern
| and sanitary will write to the dairy
! division and explain the details OF
size, cost, drainage, and slope of land,
| and exposure, purpose of barn, etc.
| II is not expected that the division
| can furnish every applicant with
fuR set of drawings and specifications,
! butt all such correspondence will be
| given careful attention and sugges-
! lions. will be offered.
| Correspondence and suggestions
/ bearing on this subject will be well
coined at the Office of the Dairy Di-
| vision, Washington, D. G.
A LESSON IN COW FEEDING.
| E. D. Townsend, Mass: Will DIR.
Smead tell me through The Tribune
Farmer how ought to feed my cow.
l bought her few weeks ago. The
man / bought her of said she was
eight years old Il guess ten). She
came in hay. She is thin IL flesh;
had no grain all summer and was In
poor pasture. / want her for home
use-butter and milk. My feed is
! good hay, oats cut when in the milk,
and rowen all nice and sweet. / want
| to know what grains to feed and how
much for best results. The cow is OF
good size and gives five quarts of milk
day, and is good feeder. am
| not much of farmer.
AS your COW has been poorly fed, is
thin in flesh and not due to calve in
! four months, a somewhat different
kind of feeding is required than
would be under different conditions.
With good mixed grass hay and oat
! hay, cut when fthe oats were in the
milk, you havet fairly good rough
| food for her, yet it is quite carbonac-
! eous for milk production. Her thin
ness of flesh calls for Strengthening
! grain food. WIFI. therefore, in her
case recommend Mas a basis some
ground oats, starting with them at
one hundred pounds weight, in which
! mix fifty pounds Of corn meal, 100
pounds of wheat mi&ilings, and TWEEN
ty-five pounds of linsi.ed oil meal. Mix
all we'll together. This will give us
/ mixed grain ration of y nutritive ra-
ito of not far from one to four and
/ fiye-tenths.
Of this begin feeding three quarts