The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-08-11

| PAVNu"IAOu ~ q SE0NuUI UlauUeT ana
such way that the china. Of her Or,
duction when reached IL q lara
amount. 1t will take her longer to d,
cline in her Eoilk flow 10 the perio
when she is dry than though her mil
flow is stimulated to the degree whic
induces her to give only SINAI
amount even at the time when tn
climax Of her milk producing abilit,
is reached. AS an instance. we nigh
consider a certain dairy COW, the abiI
, 1ty OF which was to produce on he
best day 60 pounds of milk Now,
this COW Is SO managed and fed tina
she Is gradually brought to the poin
where she produces in one day z,
pounds and then gradually decrease!
In her milk flow from 10 to 60, 60 tt
Is, and SO on, 1t will be found eve,
at the time when one wishes her to be
dry that she is still giving from ter
to twenty pounds of milk daily. Or
the other hand, we will presume thai
the methods employed in feeding this
COW when fresh are improper and she
is stimulated to produce only &c
pounds of milk in day when .she
should give 70, and then as her ma
ternal instincts become dull she be.
gins to decrease. falling from 40
pounds to 80. 80 to 80, and SO on. in all
likelihood she will be giving no more
If as much milk at the time when she
should be dry and as a result her year.
Nv work Eoc fnI ko
than though during the first 30 days
she has been stimulated by proper
methods of care and feeding to do the
best in her power Throughout the
year the cost of her feed has been al
most as much in one case as in the
other, and the result of her work has
been almost fifty per cent greater
gain III one instance than n the other
and in consequence of this the results
OF her work are measured in one in.
stance by the profit. while in the Other
the likelihood is that there is loss
Although this particular method would
rerult in greatly increasing the aver
age production of the cows in thu corr
belt, it is necessary for best results tc
take further precautions BY the
method described the COW has been
stimulated to convert the surplus fat
and energy stored up in her body into
milk and butter fat, but In so doing
she is rapidly being again reduced te
a poor and emaciated condition. But
at the end of the first 80 days when
she has reached the greatest heigh.
Of her production she has at the same
time reached the point where she
Is consuming heavy ration Now. II
is necessary for the feeder to watch
the COW throughout the remainder OF
the year in order to eliminate the liza,
bility of her declining rapidly in milk
How. The cow must be watched csose.
~, and if she begins getting too fn>or
more corn and less of the other feeds
should be given her. On the othes
1and, if she begins to decrease in her
low of milk, portion OF the corn
should be taken away from her ration
Ind Oil meal, bran, cottonseed meal.
gluten feed or some other feed rich
protein should be substituted for it.
and by SO changing the ration from
lime to time back and forth in quality
and quantity, the greatest production
1t the least cost can be brought about
Study the Cows Environment.
If one will study the conditions
hat are present in the cows en-.
7ironment at the time, he will be
with great many facts
nat will be valuable as a teacher o.
he best methods to be employed in |
eeding dairy cows. Later. when the !
summer approaches, with heat and
lies, pastures become dry, the grass
ess abundant and less pa'atable, then
he COW begins to decrease in her milk
low. Later on the grass becomes
20 short and the days SO hot and the
lies so pesky that it is almost, if not
luite impossible, for the COW to secure
'ssary to supply the nutrients required
or producing the amount of milk
which she has the ability OF producing.
f she is not assisted at this time and
S of a special dairy type, she will
gain begin robbing her body. and by
he end of the summer when the
all rains come again, sha will be ex
remedy poor and emaciated.
Following up the lesson which Ma
ure teaches in May and June, 1t has
,een found that to supply the cow
With extra feed of succuient nature
.ither in the form of green oats OF
lovcr or green corn or silage. and
providing her with shade during the
lay and allowing her to Craze at nigh,
vhen 1t is cool, there is possibility
If not only keeping the COW in good
but also in keeping up the
low of milk which the conditions OF
une has stimulated. When fall comes
long with the cold nights and the
Amy days, there is another chance
hat the cow will begin declining IL
Ter flow. The farmer and dairymar
lways dislikes to see the time come