The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-11
APPLY BUSINESS METHODS
a System in the Dairy Business
Makes for Greatly In
creased Profits.
By J. v. DIETRICH. PENNSYLVANIA.

operate my small farm just as
would any ether factory. | have sys-
tenn that Is adhered to all the time and
to that much OF what success / have
attained Is due.
Here are some things [ have found
TO be valuable; a hcifcr that is com
ing in soon should have the same
feeding as the COW that is dry. No
bag. no COW Feed 80 YOU get an I'D
Ter The oyc makes the dairyman. Keep
strict CESSATION table and read II
over every week. Group your cows
coming in at different times and count
2S5 days Tor COW to drop her calf
When COW is dry she should be
thoroughly dry II H. an abominablc
practice To leave COW partly dry OK
pectlng that 1t Will dry up Of itself
Five times out of ak she Will come
I'm fresh with a bad uddcr. thick milk
or bad quarter.
Tho right way IL 10 put her on tim
othy hay and water only and milk her
dry by stripping tcats ] know the
carelcssncss Of COW keepers: they do
not deserve the name of dairymen.
After the cow lis dry, and all my COWS
must bo dry four weeks. not moro or
less we feed for health and a good
calf and give the COW plenty of exor-
else by making a boy lead her Her
hind legs in walking rub her uddcr bet
ter than any mans hand can. II she
is fat and you are afraid OF milk fever
walk her two or three miles a day II
you viii walk her six or seven miles
viii guarantee no milk fever.
Bran is the safest feed that goes
down a cows throat-hay and bran
when she is dry In ton days To two
weeks before calving she ought to be
gin I" make q bag. IL she does not on
four to six quarts or bran and all the
hay she can eat and her bowels arc
right, give her handful of cake meal:
increase ii To two handfuls and on up
to pint II necessary.
At every feed keep your eye on tho
COW and her udder IT should not he
big, red. inhamcd ulcerouS looking
thing. hnrd as brick and out OF shape.
but splendid pendent receptacle Tor
milk dieniiied for maternity,
During the dry period our eye is al
ways on that COW IL she is given eX-
crcise and fed for the day the calf Is
TO come your eyes VIII tell YOU just the
progress she is making, as your ear can
tell when the violin Is in tune IL her
manure Is hard and knotty and she IL
lat Il dose of salts, ginger and molasses
given her VIII rclievo her. This should
also be given every cow at the time
of calvlng and If she is inclined To
swollen udder give one-half pound
more OF salts thlrty-six hours after
calvinG
The bran and water arc given the
COW little and often that is one quar-
Of bran In three to four quarts OF colo
water five or six times q day, and II
she VIII drink more water give three
to four quarts between the bran and
water and feed hay sparingly for twe
days. The COW VIII refuse the brar
and water after two days and then yor
can commence to give a light mess o.
cut hay and bran and about the sam,
amount Of linseed as you fed bcfor,
she was fresh.
The next meal give little moro lin.
seed and increase it gradually unit
the NTH day. but never increase hel
feed at one time more than onc-hal
pound. After all danger Is over an,
the uddcr Is In good shape you cat
feed the full ration that your COW can
digest prontablv and she will be al
right for 800 days milk