The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-29
MILK PRODUCTION.
Dairyins That Is Satisfactory to Goa
and Owner.

end Owner.
BY Professor Fl. II. DEAN. Canada.
Atwood says that one quart of mili
has about as much nntritiyc vaiue as
a pound Of beef. Now, we can pur
chase in milk nutritIve material al
about one-third the cost that You car
get in beef. would like you to bear
In mind that milk Is one OF the cheap.
est Of the nutritive foods which ws
may purchase and has this great al
vantage over beef that 1t Is almost en-
tlrely If not entirely digested. Man ia
the process OF the study OF this cues
ton looked for some animal which
could give him this nutritiye materia;
at the smallest cost. and after expert
menting with all the lower animals be
came to the conclusion that the COW
was the one which would produce mills
in the greatest quantity and at the low
est cost
We have in our stable a Holstein
which has produced 2,522 pounds Of
milk ia thirty days. within 500 pounds
of the average annual production Of
cows Of Ontario and Quebec. IN seven
days she gave Us G43 pounds and in one
day ninety pounds Of milk. If we
had cows like that there would be no
trouble about having plenty Of milk 70
drink A man cannot afford to keep
cows that produce only 5000 pounds
Of milk in year
Two Factors of Success.
One Of the factors that we must bear
in mind regarding d good COW Is that
we must have strong. healthy. vigor-
Gus one IL we would have milk that has
what is called vitality. / think it would
be impossible to get the best milk for
drinking purposes from d COW that is
low in vitality.
Second. the COW must be fed the right
kind Of food. There are some men so
generous that they will feed their cows
straw all winter. give them ali the
straw they can cat and then swear at
them because they will not give more
milk.
II is little wonder that many farmers
are unable to obtain satisfactory milk
production They do not feed
Winter Feeding.
For FIVE or six months of the year the
farmer must substitute for grass such
foods as mangeis. carrots and corn
silage Turnips should not be fed to
COWS producing milk. Some people en-
joy the flavor of turnips in milk, but
the majority do not. II you want the
best quality OF milk do not feed tur-
nips.
We should recommend the following
ration for winter milk production;
Eight to ten pounds clover hay, thirty
to forty pounds corn silage. twenty to
thirty pounds mangels. eight to ten
pounds meal made up Of equal parts Of
oats and bran by weight and one TO
two pounds Of oil cake. gluten meal or
pea meal. the ration to be given in two
feeds daily to each COW. A COW does
not need to be fed more than twice
day under ordinary conditions.
Water and Salt.
Give the COW plenty OF water. How
much water do you think was drunk
by the COW that gave ninety-six pounds
OF milk in one day. Nearly 200 pounds.
That does not mean that the milk was
water, as her milk tested about s.5
per cent fat. You cannot water milk
through the COW. Only man has learn
ed that trick.
Next give the cew plenty Of salt
Treat her kindly. Treat her as Il she
were your friend.
The COW house should be kept clean
and sweet and we'll ventilated Il Is
impossible to get good milk from a (
COW kept in q stable that Is not clean. |