Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-21

When a COW persists in holding up
her milk the trouble, more than nkely,
is the result OF harsh handling Some-
times il is necessary to change mixers.
Cows are resentful, and they remem-
Der bad treatment. Genueness and
regularity of milking will induce most
cows to give down milk freely.
The successful dairyman is the one
who improves on his methods year af-
ter year for improved methods usually
mean more profit. Z have In mind
dairyman running only six cows. He
last year experimental with alfalfa
Uhree-fourths of an acre. This year
he has taken off that patch five tons of
I as nice hay as you ever saw. lie is
now preparing TO SOW five acres. Next
year he Will have ten or eleven COWS
TO milk.
/ 1t will not do to feed the heifer
calves, inaended for the dairy, too
much fattening food. II is apt TO pro-
duce a tendency to take on fat, and
this is to be guarded against The
object now is to build up a strong,
healthful body and sound digestive
system.
Some cows are such persistent milk
ers that they milk right up TO parturi-
tion unless they are dried off Ten
months constant milking is enough.
The cow really needs two months rest,
and the coming calf Will be stronger
ii the mother is given the rest With
these persistent mixers it takes nice
handling TO dry them off so that no
injury results.
Corn has made very luxuriant
H growth this and "A fine lDf Of
fodder should be put up on every farm
where cows are kept A ton of shredded
corn fodder has the same feeding value
as a ton of the best timothy hay. Why
not sell the hay and fiji up everything
with corn fodder?
The best mining scheme is not in the
same class of investments as good
COWS. In fact the safest investment
a careful man can make is in good
COWS and good dairy equipment. The
returns are quick and they viii increase
as fast as you develop the business.
Not all men make good darymen.
but most men make success of the
business II they stick 10 It. If you
like cows and are willing 10 study
dairying as a business, go in. II il
is merely a makeshift fl, m some other
business which is not paying, my adj
vice is stay out.
1t is a poor plan 10 change the feed
ing place or have irregular hours OF
fee ding cows When cows are properly
cared for they will stay out in the pas
ture all day and a s feeding time comes
near they viii come UP TO the gates
If the cows are fed a regular hours
they wont stand around bawling an
hour or two before feeding time They
soon learn TO get 10 the gate about the
time you are there TO let them in.
The October dairy calf viii pan out
the best providing il is given proper
care. Keep them growing. This does
not mean that they are 70 have grain
exclusively. They must have some
rough, bulky food so that their dges-
tive system will be fitted for future
hard work,
Keep the good old cows. They are
really in their prime at TO 10 years
old, and II these old COWS bring you
few hefer calves they are douby
valuable just now when good cows
are 50 scaros. Tie writer once owned
a grade Shorthorn that Was a good
mixer for fourteen years.
My mother used To say there was
nothing as good as lard 10 soften the
cows teats. When young heifers were
broken lard was used freely, and
never saw one with sore teat Dur
ing the winter little lard was used
with a soft cloth, and l never saw a
cracked teat, as one frequently sees
when teats are moistened.
| Don't allow the cows 10 shrink during
the coming month. Any falling off now
, will not be regained during this period
of lactation. Now is a good time 10
! cut up the rows of corn next to the
| pasture fence and throw them over.
| During the next two or three weeks
this green corn fodder will make milk
/ and the cows will respond