The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-10
SUPT, A. j. MCGUIRE GIVES
RESULT OF EXPERIMENT
Gives Practical Result of Dairy Test Made at the North
east Experimental Staton.-Believes Systematic
Work Gives Best Results

the Northeast Experimental Farm at
Grand Rapids, has sent us Bulletin
No. Is, which, no doubt, will inter-
est a large number of our readers
and is reproduced for their benefit.
Mr.. MCGUIRE has made careful
study of his fine dairy herds at the
experimental station from which he
gives US the following:
Number of COWS MIXED. III
Pounds of milk per cow......4,7 $50
Pounds of butter per cow. ..222
Value of butter at 28c lb. ..$64.54
Cost of feed per COW, Oct. IS
to May 15...............$29.5O
Net profit per cow. ..$35.O4
Of the II COWS MIXED 7 were
heifers.
Breed: Common grade COWS, such
as may be found on the average
farm. The object being to show
what may be done with the common
COW.
The average milking period was
10 months.
Four-ffths of the cows freshened
In September. The feed from Sept.
1 to Oct. IS was second crop clover
pasture. From Oct. IS to Dec. l.,
fodder corn, stock carrots and bran
and shorts half and half. After
Dec. the fodder corn was replaced
with clover and timothy hay and the
stock roots with fodder corn ensil-
age.
The fodder corn was fed whole
in bundles, load being hauled in
from the field as needed. 1t was
fed in the manger, and there was
no waste whatever. 1t contained
much of it's succulence and gave
very satisfactory results.
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 was no bad results from
feeding them whole, it is more desir-
able to cut them when time will per-
nit.
The ensilage was made from
fodder corn grown so thickly that
no ears ever formed. It was cut
Aug. 20, about two weeks after it
had tasseled out, or soon after it
had reached it's 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
frst-class and gave very salts.
factory results as a succulent win
ter feed. Compared with roots
(stock carrots) ensilage gives a
little better results pound for
pound.
The quantity of grain fed (bran
and shorts) was determined by
each individual COW: Two-ffths
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 OF
milk, 8 pounds of grain, and one
giving 80 pounds of milk, IL
pounds of grain. In connection
with this from IS to "a pounds
of roots or ensiIage was fed and all
the fodder corn or hay that would
be eaten up clean.
During the winter the feed pei
cow averaged about E pounds Of
grain, 10 pounds of hay and &c
pounds of ensilage daily. They
also had access to the straw usec
for bedding.
The price of bran and shorts was
figured at SIS per ton, hay at SIC
per ton, and ensilage at So per ton
1t is estimated that the skin
milk, calves and manure will pay
for the labor and pasture.
The system of caring for the COWS
is one that is planned to economic
as much in labor as possible so as
to combine with the other farm
work, as would be necessary and
pratical on the average farm.
The COWS are fed but twice day
and watered once a day. The feed
ing. milking and separating is done
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