The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-08-04

nef because herein lies the secret Of
the great success In economical milk
and butter fat production. and we're
to give as my honest opinion the
manner In which the yield OF dairy
cows in this country could be In
creased most quickly and certainly II
would be this one method OF feeding
them properly during the 80 days
which precede the freshening period
and the 30 days which follow.
Feed for q Purpose.
| In his operations the feeder should
view, and he should bear In mind that
certain feeds will accomplish certain
purposes which other feeds absolute
ly will not After the COW has been
turned dry, the purpose of the ration
given her should be that OF resting
the digestive apparatus. building up
the foetus, storing up strength and
stamina in the cows body by placing
there flesh and beef which can be
drawn upon at later date. For the
purpose Of fattening the COW there Is
nothing that Is better than corn. but
corn fed in n dry and hard dry state
is more or less difficult to digest and
the result would be. instead Of rest.
ing the digestive apparatus. to con-
tinue It's work even more strenuousy
than when the COW was producing
milk. For this purpose, then. there is
nothing better than corn sllngc, which
supplies the same feed nutrients as
does corn itself. but In n cheaper man
ner, and also supplies succulence the
same as does green grass, and thus Is
the digestive apparatus. Oats are
claimed. and reasonably too. believe.
to contain certain albuminoids which
other feeds do not contain that have
the power OF imparting stamina TO the
animal and for this reason they are
exceptionally valuable to feed at this
time. on meal renders the digestive
apparatus laxative and adds to tho
sappy condition OF the animal. Bran
and hay, II It be clover or alfalfa, not
only supply bulk to the ration, but
also add the much needed protein for
the development OF the ioetus at this
time. With such n combination OF
feeds, II is possible to place the COW
during n period Of 30 days in the very
best possible condition for freshening
and for starting out on her very best
work after she has freshcned
The Cow Should BE In Good condl.
ton When Fresh.
Experiments reccntly carried on go
TO provo that a COW frcahcning In
high flesh will not only milk heavier,
but will also test richer. tho consc
quCnCe Of which will OF course result
in a great deal larger production Of
milk and butter fat, and this is rca.
sonable to believe. There is one OBJ.
lection, Of course, 10 having Il COW
ircshcn In a ncshy and plethorlc con
ditiOn, namely that she will be more
susceptible to milk fever and this, |
believe, Is the reason handed down
from generation to generation which
has instilled the feeder with the idea
that the COW should be poor at time
Of freshening There was time
when 9s per cent OF the COWS which
contracted milk fever died. At the
present time at least 9S per cent. or
90 per cont. Of the cows which are az
filcted with milk fever recover by the
use OF the air treatment. which is
simple and inexpensive and can be
applied by the feeder himself II ne
has access to mill, fever outfit, or
otherwise no 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 more than
hay and silaEe, together with n light
bran mash which should continue to
be given her for two or three days
following frcshening At this time
she should be given small ration ul
solid foods and brought to f. iced
much n tho same manner as does the
feeder Of beef cattle bring o. steers
in his feed lot to full feed T. is well.
known and admitted among breeders
that after putting large. rugged beef
cattle in the feed lot and placing them
on feed at once. sickness VIII result
and the steer receive a great and last
ing setback, and nt the same time
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 n great.
err 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
freshenlng Is, OF course, necessary II
the COW has freshened In poor cond
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 In such a way that she
mas stored up in her body milk.ma.
king nutrients at time of freshening.
II 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 large pro.
duction at small cost. II ia very