St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-13

demands.
Another advantage of dairying is
that it furnishes a market for the
rough or coarse feed that is produced
on the farm. In many cases such
feed can not be sold for the market
price and therefore it is not profit
able to put it on the market. 1t
can be fed to the dairy cows and
thereby converted into a produce
which readily brings good price.
Another ADVANCE of dairying is
that it furnishes constant employ
ment for the labor on the farm. Thus
we can hire hands all the year around
and be sure of profitable employment
for them.
One of the first conditions for the
success of dairying is good cows.
This point can not be too forcibly
impressed, for COWS are the fouda-
tion of the dairy industry. The best
of care, the best of feed, and the
best of verything may be given poor
COWS and they will not respond profit
ably to it because they can not in
herently produce milk enough to pay
for such care and feed. The cows
III LHiS oSStlOi dlC fCAy POoAs WING
to the fact that no care has been
taken of them and they have been
bred unfortunately on the ranges.
1t is safe to say that large per cent
of the cows in this section will not
produce enough milk in a year to
pay for their feed and care. The
only way to get good cows is to keep
an accurate account Of the feed they
consume and the milk they produce.
then balance one against, the other
and if the balance is not on the right
side then the cows should be Wis
posed Of In this section it would
not be practical to dispose of all the
COWS on hand with the intention OF
! buying profitable cows. Profitable
cows are scarce and high all over the
country. The dairymen in this sec
| ton by keeping records of produc-
ton of the cows he has can soon
weed out the unprofitbale ones and
have pointed out the cows that are
profitable, then by the use of pure
bred bull he can soon raise cows
that will be profitable. This raising
of profitable cows is the only sure
way to get them.
In this section we are greatly
handicapped by cattle ticks in buying
cows, and right here is a good place
to consider the Importance OF THIS
question, If grown cattle that have
never had ticks on them are brought
| in this section they are almost sure
to die, and in the buying of your
cattle you should be very careful Il
ascertain whether they have had tick:
| on them. Another point to be con
| sidered right here is the buying o.
cattle from towns. While the sur
rounding country may be lnfestee
! with ticks, these COWS, some OF Wnlcf
I may have been raised in small lots
| have never had ticks on them. anC
/ when they are brought into you1
section they will die from Texa:
fever. the same as cattle brought
! from the North The only safe way
/ to buy cattle. from the Northern dis
tricts is to buy them very young ant
raise them under our conditions.
Where a large herd OF cows Il
kept many think that the We1ghnl
of each cows milk and feed is some
thing impracticable, but by haV1nl
the proper kind of scales and tn
right kind of record sheets this Is
simple matter. The scales are hum
in a convenient place and the recor'
sheet is tackled on the wall so tha
when the milk is brought from tn
COW to be poured into the can
= ! only takes a few seconds to weig
, il and record the weight. In add
ton to the weight of the milk
J should be tested at least once
| month with the Babcock test to az
! termine the precent OF butterfa
Since this is the most valuable pal
of the milk is important to kno
how much each COW produces. Tn
weighing of the feed is simpl
matter. A measure can be used Il
feeding the grain and by weighin
+ it when it is full few times CLOS
? estimate of the amount fed can {
7 guessed at, and also with the ma
] This work is absolutely necessar
i since it points out improbable COW
2 which should be gotten rid OF, an
r also points out the good cows, whie
y tells us which cows to breed fror
and it also gives us the cost of fee
s and a guide for feeding, which al
: mighty important points in handHr
d dairy cattle. Cows should be fed a
Il cording to their production, that
t dry COW should not receive as NUT
r feed as a COW giving 8 gallons
S milk a day, and without the recol
e work this can not be done.
e The feeding dairy cattle brings
II the question of raising feed. v
j. can not make the profit we shou
y make unless we raise as much OF T.
e feed as possible. The average fe
|. in this section is cottonseed me
d and hulls; this alone makes We
l. expensive and one-sided feed-o
e that is hurtful to the cow and do
IS not produce the milk ration shoul
IS Hulls are now selling from $40
Ie SIG per ton and with the avera
n production of the cows in this 81
se ton, the price is prohibitive. We C
n grow better feed and cheaper fe
le than we can profitably buy it; co
is in addition to grain feed need SON
h thing bulky we can supply in the fol
ID of the hay which l have mention'
n In addition to this, they need son
T. thing succulent. We know that
ic. can get more milk in summer tn
I'd in winter. which is due to the gra
Mt We can have green succulent fl
in the winter by building silos
es storing corn in them. With hay q
he silage we have the basis Of a rat
a and only some graoin feed, such
up cottonseed meal and bran, to buy
rs. we can cheaper the cost of prod
les ton we raise the price of milk,
est in this section we can certal
ais cheapen the cost of producing
is milk by raising our own feeds.
) a richer our land is made the m
80 feed we can produce per acre,
ng thus we can raise our feed chea
nd and cheaper every year. refer
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