Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-06-18
OUR FARMERS.
THINGS THAT COWS EAT.

interest every dairyman East and
West. The geographical location of 6
the station makes its deductions sp-
plicable to the larger part of the i'm r
portant dairy belt OF the country. 6
For the present I pass by much ex- j
PLANTATION of rations and their COM
pounding, except to mention that the
conclusion was that rigid calcula-
ton could not be made for all cows,
as they are individual" with each
her own digestion, likes and dislikes
of certain foods and their appropria-
ton and disposal. Notably COW
was fed on exact ration for year and
then was fed a less amount of pro-
teine ard few minor changes were
made in the proportions fed, and this
| COW SO increased her yield the second
year that by the end of her milking
period she had given II 1877 pounds or
milk and made 555 pounds of fat, or
over 600 pounds of market butter.
Here was case of individuality that
the feeder must comprehend outside
of and beyond the exact ration table |
for each 1000 pounds of live weight,
and he must be ruled by judgment in
stead of by set formulas.
Standard rations take no cognl-
zance or money values of the pro-
teines Of foods of the different eff
fects or various foods. A man is
supposed to feed COW to get money
: return, and all this it is the work OF
the fee der to find out, taking, for in
stance oats ground into meal at 1922
per ton and good bran at about SIS
per ton. The oats would cost in pro-
, teine value ITO cents per pound; lin
seed meal, .048- cents; wheat bran,
= .O65 cents; gluten meal, .046 cents;
e malt sprouts, .047 cents, and cotton
e seed meal, .034 cents per pound, re-
y spectively, showing that the cotton
u seed meal is far the cheapest and that
;, it would we'll pay to sell the oats and
. buy the cottonseed. Again, while the
d standard ration calls for 231a pounds
D of dry matter psr day, most COWS Will
IS consume proftably rs pounds day
e / notice that Director Smith puts
e. silage far and away ahead OF all other
a forms of roughages GUNNER Or winter.
- the former, Of course. as part eoiling
~ crop. He doubts if it pays to cut OF
shred corn fodder, except that the
a refuse is more easily disposed of
10 While the chemist finds much starch
s, in corn stalk butts, the COW consu me'
as much energy in digesting them al
y she gets in return. So, also, the hu
y man profit for labor is questionable
=. so far as increased returns are con
cerned, which comes very close It
n saying that if you have no silo let tn
% COWS eat what they will Of the stalk
"a and dispose OF the butts n some wa
for manure. Q
w Mention is made of the objection
oo some quarters to silage milk. Mi
w. from the staff Stage fed cows hs
en-, been sold to most fastidious custom
ers without objection. Milk has bee
5 MIXED and eeaied immediately viii
warm and sent to critical judges ar
L, pronounced perfect, and it and mi
da' made from dry food could not be di
tinguished by smell, taste or favo
80. Butter made from silage~ nilk b
aes scored with the highest, and this viii
int no special pairs were taken to vent
late the stable before milking.
ate; In silage corn growing it was fou
25 that more ash was present in t
soOc leaves than in the rest of the pIal
zen ear and all combined, point in fav
OF saving al the leaves Of corn VII
feeding as fodder or in filling the ST
1900 It was also found that the protei
content of crop increased about
anch proportion as the distance apart OF
lips, plants was increased. Where
corn was growing very Tricky
20 proteine content was found as low
$50 $50 SO, hut in thinly planted corn-re
-hos 81 feet apart-the proteined cont
nc went as high as 255.
unch Sorghum has been and is be
pep boomed as silage material. WI
y the green weight Of an acre Of
inch: phum was found TO be Sc, OOO pouy
S3Q tbe siIaoe CORN weighed &c. 900:
DUG the director found that the corn
F-'' 1855 pounds cigestible dry mat
tbo and the sorghum ZOO of protel
3rket The CORR had 735 pounds and
sorghum, only 429 pounds of the
is to extracts. starch, sugar, and the Il
-Ex- the corn had 5,734 pounds and
= &c; sorghum 4,237 pounds. In worth
Q1Oc; fhre ,ho sorahnp lad with 2
heavy - 5sa non,
AT no point was tie sorghum evel
veals equal with the corn. rot even in CT
G16c; sugar. Kaffir corn, while yiel'