Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-14
MILK PRODUCTION.
pa;ryina That Is Satisfactory to Go"
and Owner.

nniFyina That Is Satisfactory ~ w"
and Owner.
BY Professor II. H DEAN, Canada
Atwood SAYS that one quart OF MIX
has about as much nutritve value as
n mound of beef. Now. we can pur-
chase in milk nutritive material at
ahout one-third the cost that you can
get In beef. / would like you to bear
in mind that milk is one OF the cheap
nst of the nutritive foods which we
NAV purchase and has this great ao-
vanta pe over beef-that it is almost en-
tirely If not entirely digested. Man III
the process of the study or TINS ques
finn looked for some animal WHICH
could give him this nuuitlve material
at the smallest cost. and after eAperi
rnentiny with all the lower anlmaiS he
came to the conclusion that the COW
was the one which would produce milk
In the greatest quantity and at the low
est cost.
We have in our stable Holsteln
which has produced 1922 pounds OF
milk> In thirty days. within 800 POUNDS
Of the average annual production OF
cows of Ontario and Quebec. In seven
days she gave us 643 pounds and in one
had cows like that there would be no
trouble about having plenty OF MIX "
drink, A man cannot anord 10 Aeep
COWS that produce only 3'ooo pounoS
Of milk in year.
Two Factors of Success.
One of the factors that we must pear
IN mind regarding a good COW is that
We must have a strong. healthy, vigor-
,,s ono if we would have milk that has
what is called vitality. l think 1t wouio
be impossible to get the best mix ior
drinking purposes from a COW that Is
low in vitality.
Second, the COW must be fed the rlsh'
kind of food. There are some men 81
generous that they will feed their co.'s
straw all winter. give them all the
straw they can eat and then swear a'
them because they will not give nlore
milk.
II is little wonder that many farmers
are unable to obtain satisfactory NILE
production. They do not feed.
Winter Feeding.
For five or six months of the year tht
farmer must substitute for grass Suc'
foods as mangels. carrots and corr
silage. Turnips should not be ted u
COWS producing milk. Some people ell
,ov the favor of turnips in milk pu
the majority do not. If you want IN
hest ouality of milk do not FEED tu'
nips.
We should recommend the folloWln
ration for winter milk productlor
Eioht to fen pounds clover hay. thlrt
to forty pounds corn sflage, twenty
thirty pounds mangels. eight TO te
mounds meal made up of equal parts
oo+s and bran by weight and one
+,vo mounds of oil cake, gluten meal
pea meal the ration to be given III Nv
feeds daily to each COW. A COW 90
NOT need to be fed more than twice
day under ordinary conditions.
Water and Salt.
Give the COW plenty of water TIC
much water do you think was ulul
by the COW that gave ninety-slA poun
of milk in one day? Nearly 200 pouh'
THAT does not mean that the milk W
water, as her milk tested ABOUT
ner cent fat. You cannot water Ill
through the COW. Only man has iea
ed that trick.
Next give the COW plenty OF 81
Treat her kindly. treat ner as Il
were your friend.
The COW house should be kept cle
md sweet and we'll ventilated. 1t
impossible to get good milk from
COW kept in a stable that is not Gle