Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-03


lence and gave very satisfactory re-
suits.
The stock carrots were also fed
whole and with the tops while they
were being taken from the field. This
was done in the way Of an experiment
for economy in time. While there
were no bad results from feeding them
whole, it IS more desirable to cut them
when time will permit.
The ensilage was made from fodder
corn grown so thickly that no ears
ever formed 1t was cut Aug. %,
about tw0weeks after it had tasseled
out, or soon after it had reached its
maximum growth. Its yield on the
higher land not so much affected by
the wet season was 10 tons per acre.
The quality of the ensilage made of
this was first class, and gave very sat-
isfactOcy results as a succulent winter
feed. Compared with roots (stock car
rocs)l ensilage gives a little better re-
suits pound for pound.
The quantity of grain fed (bran and
shofts) was determined by the quanti-
ty. fomilk given by each individual
COW :rue Two-fifths the number of
pounds of grain the COW could be
made to give pounds Of milk. A cow
giving 10 pounds of milk daily got 4
pounds of grain, one giving 20 pounds
of4milk. - pounds of grain, and one
giving 80 pounds Of milk, IL pounds OF
grain. In connection with this from
l8toi24 pounds of carrots or ensilage
was fed and all the fodder corn or hay
that would be eaten up clean.
During the winter the feed per COW
averaged about pounds of grain, 10
nounds of hay and 20 pounds of ensilage
daily. They also had access to the
straw used for bedding.
The price of bran and shorts was
figured at $25 per ton, hay at $40 per
ton. and ensllage at 50 per ton. 1t is
estimated that the skim milk, calves
and manure will pay for the labor and
pasture
The system of caring for the COWS is
one that is planned to economlze as
much in labor in the barn as possible
SO as to combine with the other farm
work. as would be necessary and prac-
tical on the average farm.
The cows are fed but twice day
and watered once day. The feeding,
milking and separating is done before
breakfast in the morning, and between
and 6 O'Clock in the evening, giving
a fair days time to the other farm
work. The boys get to the barn at
$ 10 in the morning and all the work
is done on schedule time and in deli
mite order. No farm hand ever obJects
to the daily work, as the barn IS clean'
warm, and we'll lighted, and things
arranged so that the work may be
done most conveniently. In the even
ing it is not added to full day
work, but made part of the regular
davis work, and finished at 3 O'Clock:
The cows are turned out for short
time every day when the weather is at
all pleasant, as they are turned out
every day for water on the average
The length of time they are left out
is determined by a rule that IS easy
to remember, and important: LAS
long as a man would care to be out
without an overcoat, and not work
ing The most common mistake
made by farmers in caring for their
stock is in leaving mich cows out OF
doors the greater part of the DAY IN
winter When COW is uncomfortable
from the cold or any other cause she
will produce but little milk.
The record of the herd for the past
wear (222 lbs. of butter per cow is
considered only fair. 1t was lowered
considerably by the number OF heiters
in the herd but even then 1T II
unsatisfactory. No farmer should OF
satisfied with COWS that average les:
than 300 lbs. of butter yearly, and i
is our aim to breed up herd tina
will do even better than this, ant
through ways that may be followed b!
the average farmer. We are nov
using a pure bred Guernesy sire, ant
by keeping record with tn
individual COWS the poorer ones ma.
be called out, and heifers raised from
the better COWS to replace them.
There is often a great ditferenc
between cows, even Of the same breed
and getting the same feed and care
The only sure way to determine tn
better COWS from the poorer ones I
by weighing the milk and testing il
Weighing the milk OF each COW ever
day may seem impractical but there
nothing on the farm that is NOR
practical or of more value. 1t is
business proposition. A farmer VIII
keeps record with his heard won
sell cow for $50 or $40 that wi
make over $50 net profit in singl
year, and on the other hand he won
keep a cow very many years thu
don't pay for her feed
A daily record will tell more tina
that. It tells the comparative valu
or milk producing quality of aitfere1
feeds. It will tell you that it don
pay to leave the COWS out on col
day, or to be irregular in feeding an
milking them. And most of all
will give you an interest in the worl
Instead of mere milking it becomes
business and gradually you will con
to see that dallying is the mo-
profitable work You can engage in as
farmer.
Dairy farmers the world over al