Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-07-16
SUPT. A. J. MCGUIRE
GIVES RESULT
Gives Practical Result Of Dairy
Test Made at the Northeast
Experimental Station.


the Northeast Experimental Farm
at Grand Rapids. has sent US
Bulletin No. 76, which. no doubt.
will interest a large number of our
readers and is reproduced for their
benefit.
Mr.. Mcclure has made careful
study of his fine dairy herds at the
experimental station from which he
gives us the following:
Number of COWS milked, II
Pounds ofmilk per COW, 4.73O
Pounds of butter per COW, 222
Value of butter at 28c 10. S64. .54
Cost of feed per COW, Oct Is
to May Is. $3.50
Net profit per COW. S35. Oh
Of the II cows milked were
heifers.
Breed: Common grade COWS, such
as may be found on the average
farm. The object being to show
what NAV be done with the common
COW. say+s
The average milking period was 10
months.
Four ffths of the COWS freshed in
September The feed from l to Oct.
Is, was second crop clover pasture.
From Oct. rs TO Dec. i, fodder corn.
stock carrots and bran and shorts
half and half. After Dec. the fod-
er corn was replaced with clover
and timothy hay and the stock roots
with fodder corn ensilage.
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 we're also fed
whole and with the tops while they
were being taken from the field.
This was done in the way of an ex-
pertinent for economy in time.
While there was no bad results from
feeding them whole, 1t is more de-
sirable 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. 28.
about two weeks 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 tirst-class and gave very
satisfactory results as succulent
winter feed. Compared with roots
(stock carrots) ensilage gives little
better results pound for pound.
The quality of grain fed (bran and
shorts) was determined by each in
dividual COW: Two tifths the
number of pounds of grain the COW
could be made to give pounds o.
milk. A COW giving 10 pounds Of
milk daily got pounds OF grain. ont
giving 20 pounds of milk. 8 pound!
of grain. and one giving 80 pounds
of milk. II pounds Of grain. II
connection with this form l8 to 2
: pounds of roots or ensilage was fet
and all the fodder corn or hay thai
would be eaten uD clean. 1a.
During the winter the feed pc
COW averaged about pounds Q
grain. 10 pounds of hay and 2
pounds of ensilage daily. They ais
had access to the straw used TO
bedding. ,..s..g..
The price of bran and shorts wa
figured at s25 per ton. hay at $40 pc
ton, and ensilage at s2 per ton. !
is estimated that the skim milk
calves and manure will pay for tn
labor and pasture.
The system of caring for the COW
Is one that is planned to economic
as much in labor as possible SO as t
combine with the other farm worl
IL .as would be necessary and practic:
on the average farm.
The COWS are fed but twice da
and watered once day. The feet
ING. milking and separating Is dor
before breakfast In the morning, an
between 4 and s o'clock IN the ev'
ming. giving fair days time to tt
other farm work. The boys get 1
th, barn at $40 In the morning an
. all the work Is done on schedu
time and In definite order. y e Tar y