The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-08-11

| "Hen suc rs uI1 Nudu luOuGu ncI luih
ilow ic stimulated to the degree which
induces her to give only n small
amount even ut the time when the
climax OF her milk producing ability
is reached. As an instance. we might
consider n certain dairy COW. the abil-
ity OF which was to produce on her
best day 60 pounds of milk. Now. II
this COW IL so managed and fed that
she is gradually brought 20 the point
where she produces IN one day 70
pounds and then gradually decreases
in her milk flow from 70 to GO, 60 to
6S, and so on, II will be found even
at the time when one wishes her to be
dry that she is still giving from ten
to twenty pounds Of milk daily. On
the other hand, we will presume that
the methods employed in feeding this
COW when fresh are improper and she
is stimulated to produce only 40
pounds of milk In day when she
should give 20. and then as her ma.
ternal instincts become duh she be
gins to decrease, falling from 40
pounds TO 80. 80 to IS. and so on. In all
likelihood she will be giving no more
II as much milk at the time when she
should be dry and as a result her year
ly work has amounted to much less
than though during the frs, 30 days
she has been stimulated by proper
methods of care and feeding to do the
best in her power Throughout the
Z tho ~ hnp food ha hnpu 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 in one Instance than IN the other.
and In consequence OF this the results
OF her work are measured in one In
stance by the profit while In tho other
the likelihood is that there Is loss.
Although this particular method would
refult in greatly increasing the aver
age production Of the COWS IN the corn
belt. it is necessary for best results to
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 10 rapidly being again reduced to
n poor and emaciated condition. But
at the end of the first 80 days when
she has reached the greatest height
OF her production she has at the same
time reached the point where she
is consuming n 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
flow. The COW must be watched close
ly. and II she begins getting too poor
more corn and less of the other feeds
should be given her. On the other
hand, n she begins to decrease In her
flow of milk, n portion Of the corn
should be taken away from her ration
and oil meal, bran, cottonseed meal.
gluten feed or some other feed rich
in protein should be substituted for II,
and by so changing the ration from
time to time back and forth in quality
and quantity, the greatest production
at the least cost can be brought about
Study the Cows Environment,
II one will study the conditions
that are present In the cows en-.
yironment at the time. he will be
Impressed with a great many facts
trat will be valuable as a teacher On
! the best methods 10 be employed In
feeding dairy cows. Later. when the
summer approaches, with heat and
flies pastures become dry, the grass
, less abundant and less paiatable, then
: the COW begins to decrease in her milk
flow. Later on the grass becomes
SO short and the days so hot and the
flies SO pesky that 1t is almost, II not
quite impossible, for the COW to secure
the great amount OF feed that Is nee
essary TO supply the nutrients required
> for producing tho amount OF milk
which she has the ability OF producing
If she is not assisted at this time and
"a of n special dairy type. sho will
again begin robbing her body. and by
tho end of the summer when the
fall rains come again, she will be ex'
tremcly poor and emaciated.
Following up the lesson which Ma
ture teaches In May and June, 1t mas
neon found that to supply the COW
Wit, oAtra feed of @ succulent nature
either in the form of green oats or
cIovc. or green corn or silage' and
nro,,,Dinr her with shade during the
doy ana allowing her to Craze at night
wben It is cool, there is a possibility
~ M, only keeping the COW In good
cord.ricn but also IN keeping up the
0ow NJ milk which the conditions OF
Irno has stimulated. Whoa iali comes
olong with the cold nights and the
In DAYS. there is another chance
bnt Tho COW will bcsln declining IN
nor now. The farmer and dairyman
ALWAYS dislikes TO see the time come
y,ron Il Is necessary for him to con
me- NJ. animals to the barn so he puts
or from time to time taklhH inc cows
in trom the pasture, aud as a result
aI,hopch he Is not aware OF IT, unless
tho mil; Is weighed daily, the cows
herin dropping CT seriously In 'he'I
IL, Cou, because their FEEDER anu