The Ordway new era., 1910-01-21

silo what is not needed as Il selling
crop. Corn and millcL are excellent.
and some succeed well with oats and
peas, and you will lind yourself repaid
Tor the extra care aud labor. The
grain ration should be made up so far
as possible with farm grown grains.
hut 1t Is often wise To buy such foods
as bran. cotton seed oil, aud meal. The
grain should be balanced in food
nutrients the same as the ru,igliage,
, so that large or smal! amounts Of
grain may be fed and yet preserve the
balance in the ration.
CULTIVATE cows ACQUAINTANCE
! We should all know OF our cows
and their characteristics and Indi.
vidualitics. Feed that which the
animal can use IN II dairy way, that
Is. what 1t can take without gaining
In flesh. but retaining the body
weight, nr even losing if the animal
be in high flesh at frcshcning time.
1T pays to feed well. !or IL is poor
economy to run this COW machine
below capacity. Always remember
this, that the food required for body
maintenance is the same whether the
COW produces Il large or small amount
OF milk, but IL feed be only enough
to keep her body we cannot expect
much milk. Economic milk produc.
tl"n can only come from cows OF
large capacity that are we'll fed.
AFTER you get your herd together
BY selection or by breeding and have
fed and cared for them we'll, you have
not done your full duty until you
adopt plan that will tell you how
many good cows you have and which
ones they are.
Whether you breed your cows or
buy them, you are not going to get
them all good the first time, but you
must be continually wedding out the
Improbable ones. Many Of our dairy
men will object to keeping account
with their cows. They say it Is too
much trouble and costs too much, and
that the COWS will not give any more
because their milk is weighed. but it
will cost more not to do 1t. Weighing
and testing cows milk may not
make her give more ur better milk,
but 1t may cause you to put Il better
one in her place and increase the
yield per COW.
itFl,
milking. Keep Il record OF it. the
year through, and IL will be most sur
pr>ing to dairymcn that have never
done this. Any person with the least
ability at all can carry out weighing
and testing experiments. or course
1t takes little time and someone who
is interested must oversee 1t.
"Thcre are several drawbacks. but
the advantages outnumber the diSad-
vantagcs.
''These are the facts, but it is a
fact that many farmers do not weigh
and test their milk. In recent years
an important feature in dairy devcl.
Opment has been in the formation of
cow testing associations, the chief
purpose of which is to Src shat the
amount and quality Of milk given and
feed consumed by each COW are re.
corded. This would he costly for the
individual, but by corporation the
cost to the individual would be slight
and within his means. To accomplish
Il, inn iot T..
ant to carry out the work. These
assistants visit the farms at regular
intervals each month to weigh and
test the milk. The dairymcn keep
account of weighing the milk and feed
consumed between visits. At the end
Of the year the assistants prepare
their reports and the wedding process
can begin.
"These regulations cover the essen
tails of clean and wholesome milk
production. and are such as can be
adopted without considerable expense
to the dairymcn:
RULES FOR TIE DAIRY
81. Tight stable floors must be pro-
vided preferably of cement construc-
tion, provided with IA gutter immcdi-
ately behind the COWS.
''2. Proper ventilation Of stables,
provisions for 800 cubic feet of air for
each COW aud four square feet OF win
dow area per COW. Windows may be
very cheaply constructed Of muslin
instead of glass.
tloors be kept clean and that the stable
De whitewashcd throughout at least
twice year.