The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
ALFALFA FOR DAIRY. COWS

ALFALFA FOR DAIRY cows.
There are two fundamental pt1ncl-
Pies Of feeding which every careful
must keep be1ore him. theeA
are s~ucculence In food and b digegt.
lble nutriments In food. No Other SIN
Gle food flls III bill. In these parti-
are o n and Il II II fed gresn.
right along until fall. the COWS will 30
into the winter In capital condition, and
they will be more likely 70 keep UP
their milk now during the winter. The
profit OF feeding Alfalfa y best shown
when we compare 1t with mill stun. A
OF good shorts contains about 90
much digestible protein q 1.400 pounds
of alfalfa hay. So with shorts coating
$50 q ton, alfalfa hay IL worth zig ~
But the whole value Of alfalfa
Is not shown by the comparison. tor
alfalfa may be cut three or four times
Is frequently from four to hv Q
per acre. Grow alfalfa and u out tho
big bills for mill feeds.
DON'T % IT..
Dairying offers many temptations to
the man who is inclined to mixed farm
Ing. I do not believe that dairying ad-
lllLS u lilly bl6kA. WY C00400s ~ lAAOob
frequent mistake is in trying to mako
the beef herd serve two purposes-that
Of making both beef and milk. II has
been lone successfully, and 1t IL
costly to go on making such expert
Once in a while we dnd . tips
top mitch COW In the beef herd, and II
she is taken out and handled like .
dairy COW should be handled, she shows
profit. But whenever you try to raise
a beef calf from that cow, and then
keep her in beef condition, you have
your dairy COW prospect. It sell
dom pays to keep two distinct herds
on the ordinary farm. and 1t never has
what is called q double purpose COW.
With cows, as with Q the demand
Is for q class that viii do one kind OF
work well.
DAIRY NOTES.
The greskest profit In milking COWS
comes In the proper handling Of both
enable him to handle only ten cows
with profit, 1t is folly to undertake to
run twenty or more.
With official testers and inspectors,
well as instructors, travelling over
upgrade. There are lots OF things to
learn about milk and butter.
Here is something which / cannot
quite understand: Why do SO many
sell their home made butter at from -
to IA cents a pound. when nearby
cents for butter-fat2
Cows milk is about SO per cent. wa
ter. 1t Is important that your cows
have all the pure, cool water they want.
Don't allow them to drink out of dirty
pools.
If the COWS are not making good"
now there is a leak somewhere. Either
your cows have nc business In the
dairy or you have them IN scant pas
lures. The cheapest butter of the year
should be made this month.
A correspondent asks whether mill
stuff should be bought during the sum-
mer to help out poo pastures. I would
prefer to grow supplementary crops, to
help out the pastures, and buy mill
feed during the winter. The profits In
summer dairying comes in keeping
down the feed bills.
Don't permit the cows to get any idea
Of what is over in the next lot. When
pastures begin to tougnen up, the COWS
are apt to wander along the fences.
and a slack wire or broken board gives
them the opportunity to break through
into the cornfield.
Shredded fodder is not as good for
feeding mich cows as ensilage, because
the %succulence is gone. But where 1t
Is not practicable to have q siIo. don't
miss on a nice lot Of sweet, green fod-
der, for feeding next winter.
Near my home town there are two
dairymen. Both retail milk daily and
have all the business they can attend
to. One sells his milk for one cent
less per quart than the other, but he
is getting rich, while the other man is
offering his dairy for sale. The first
man grows an abundance Of green
stuff, both for summer and winter
FEEDING. The .ther man keeps his cows
up and relies mainly upon commercial
feeds.-L. C. B.
Keep the cows right up to the ton
notch during the next two months
h will take extra care and perhaps
same extra feed. but it will pay. for
the cows Will then go onto fall pas
lures in fine condition and will keen
up the milk flow well into the winter,
The cows are pestered enough right
now with heat and flies. without hay.
ing to put up with the kicks and beat.
fngs of an ill-tempered man. Keep the
COWS quiet, n keep the mixers quiet
Everybody knows how quickly mill
absorbs the doors Of the stables. yet II
Is astonishing how many are careless
with the milk after it is drawn from
the COVE. Some will AXE two big ttr
pals to the barn. and after filling one
will set It to one side until the othe,
Is filed. when both are carried to the
house. Is it any wonder that FIRE.
quently such milk is Off flavor?
The strainer Is a very useful thine
to have about the dairy, but it won'
catch bad doors nor very much of the
impurities. Really. strainers are de.
ceptive: they help the appearance O,
the milk, without separating the par
ttcles which do the mischief. The thing
to do is to keep all hairs, dirt and 9th.
err contamination out of b milk.
The most profitable COW is the per
sistent mixer; for this reason keer
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