Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-10-10

that all our crops should be cut in
season and put up in the best shape
to retain as much as possible of their
favor.
1t has been found that by various
tests that COW that is giving
enough milk to make one pound
butter day needs daily ration of
about twenty-five pounds dry
matter. In this there should be
about two pounds of digestible pro-
tein, twelve pounds of digestible
carbohydrates, and half pound of
fat. AS clover hay is comparatively
rich in protein. when possible this
should always form part of the
ration. When it is abundant, allow
the COWS to eat all they will of it.
If part of the corn crop has been
put in the silo, then give the COWS
about forty pounds each daily.
Where fodder corn if fed instead of
silage, then give each COW two
bundles as they come from the
binder. These should he given in
two feeds, as should also silage and
hay. Besides this, they should have
all the stover that they will eat up
clean.
Now. as cows stomach is not
large enough to hold all of the feed
she requires of the corase folders, it
will be necessary to feed her some
grain or mill feed. For most sea-
sons, perhaps the best mixture,
when silage is fed, will be three
pounds of oat meal, and two pounds
of bran or middlings. When no
silage is fed, then substitute two
pounds of oil meal for the bran.
believe oil meal far the cheaper.
Regularity in Feeding Important.
Another is regularity, not only in
regard to the feeding, but with all of
the work with the cows. The feeder
should watch and study his COWS in
dlvidually and know what each one
is doing at the pail and also observe
their likes and dislikes for different
kinds of feed. There is as much
difference in individuality Of COWS
as there is in the individuality of
men. For this reason, it is best to
feed as great variety as possible, so
that if COW does not relish one
kind of feed she may make up on
another. .~~'.7. .-,~-@=s -- ~..~'-.
There is one food. however, l think
is not necessary in order to increase
the variety, and that is stock food.
Give the COWS a handful of salt
every day, or, still better, have a
box in the yard where they can
have access to it at all times.
Give Cows Plenty of Fresh Water.
One other point of nearly equal
Importance to the feed is to allow
the cattle to have all of the pure
water they wish to drink. Do not
compel them drink from a tank
that is half full of ice. If the feed
is all dry, they should have all the
water they want twice day. Get.
them in the habit of drinking be-
fore they are fed their grain
Palatability of Feed an Important
Essential
In closing wish to emphasize the
fact that all of the feed should be
fed in the most palatable form
possible. for we must remember that
COW gives US a profit on that feed
which she eats and utilizes over that
which is required to maintain her.
therefore, the more COW can be in
duced to eat, especially Of the coarse
feed, the more profitable she is in
the dairy. Note that l said coarse
feeds. AS a rule. a COW should have
two-thirds of her feed of the coarse
folders, and third of grain, but
right here the individuality of the
COW must be taken into account if
we would feed profitable.