Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-01

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strange why farmers VIM persist 81
caring for thsis dry cows IN this man
ner because herein lies the secrse Of
the great suocass In economical milk
and butter fat production. and wero .
to give AZ my honest opiniun the
manner in which the yield OF dairy
cows in this country could b In
creased most quickly and certainly ID
would be this one method ok feeding
them properly during the 80 days
which precede the freshendng pesiod
and the 80 day. which follow.
Feed for Purpese.
In his operations the feeder should
always have q definite purpose I'M
view, and he should bear In mind fhat
certain feeds will accomplish certain
purposes which other feeds absolute
ly will not. After the cow has 6oen
turned dry, the purpose Of the ration
given her should be that Of rostlue
tho digestive apparatus. building up
the foetfs. storing up strength and
stamina in the COWS body By PLACING
there flesh and besf which can be-
drawn upon at later date. For the
purpose Of fattening the COW thsrs iS
nothing that is better than corn. but
corn fed in a dry and hard dry state
Is more or less dinhcu1t to digest and
the result would be, instead Of rest
ing the digestive apparatus. 70 CON-
tinue its work even more streutouslyI
than when the COW was producing
milk. For this purpose, then. there ri
nothing better than corn si1Age, which
supplies the Same feed nutrients as
does corn itself. but IN . cheaper man
ner, and also supplies sucoulence the
same as does green grass. and thus II
effective in cooling out and resting
the digestive apparatus. Oats are
claimed. and reasonably too. believe.
to contain certain albuminoids which
other feeds do not contain that leveI
the power Of imparttng stamina 70 the
animal and for this reason they are
exceptionally valuable to feed at this
time. OIL meal renders the digestive
apparatus laxative and adds to the
sappy condition Of the animal. Bran
and hay, II 1t be clover or alfalfa, not
only supply bulk to the ration, but
also add the much needed protein for
time. With such . combination Of
feeds, It Is possible to place tho cow
during q period Of 30 days IN the very
best possible condition for freshening
and for starting out on her very best
work after she has freshened.
The Cow shousd Be In Good condl@
ton Whom Frssh.
! Experiments recently carried on go
TO prove that q COW freshening In
high Aesh viii not only milk heavier
but viii also test richer, the conse1
Quence Of which will Of course result
In great deal larger production Cd
milk and butter fat. and this u real
sonable to believe There 10 one OBJ!
lection. Of course. to having Q cow
heshen in . deshy and plethoFfc con-
dition. namely. that she viii DO more
susceptible to milk fever and this, d
believe, is the reason handed down
from generation 20 generation which
has instilled the feeder with the idea
that the COW should be poor At timei
Of freshening. There was a time
when SO per cent OF tho COWS which
contracted milk fever died. At the
present time at least SO per cent. or
90 per cent. OF the cows which are at.I
fiicted with milk fever recover by the;
use Of the air treatment, which isI
simple and inexpensive and can bel
applied by the feeder himself II he
has access to milk fever outfit, or
otherwise he can depend upon the
local veterinarian. At parturition time
the heavy grain ration should be taken
away from the COW and her feed
should consist Of nothing moro than
hay and silage, together with light
bran mash which should continue to
be given her for two or three days
following freshening. At this time
she should be given small ration of
solid foods and brought to full feed
much In the same manner as does the
feeder Of beef cattle bring the steers
in his feed lot to full feed II 10 we'll
known and admitted among breeders
that after putting large, rugged beef
cattle in the feed lot and placing them
and the steer receive a great and last
Ing SotDaCk, anu 6C tue baluO tAme
realizing this, the feeder Of dairy
cows will Immediately after the cow
freshens put her on full feed quickly,
believing that in some way or other
the dairy COW is possessed of great
er and stronger digestive apparatus
than is her rugged brother. the beef
steer. This is not only radically
wrong. but greatly unreasonable
Heavy feeding Immediately after
freshening is, Of course. necessary II
the COW has freshened in poor condi-
ton, because she has nothing out of
which to make milk except the feed
which she receives at that time, and
herein lies the great advantage Of
feeding her Ia siioh way that size.
mas stored up in her body milk.ma-
king nutrients at time Of freshening.
If this be the case, the ration sup
piled when the COW Is fresh can be-
small in amount, stimulating In ma
ture, and thereby induce q large pro
duction at small cost. It IL very
necessary, too. that the COW be stimu-
lated TO produce her greatest amount
of milk during the drst 80 days after
freshening. because it is during this