The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-09-15
By Prof. A. b. Nystrom

ration to feed COW? | want to know
the kind of feeds to use and how much
of each to feed in order to get the
best results. D. H. B. Chehalis.
Answer: 1t is practically impossible
to state what to feed a COW to get the
best results when the kinds of feeds
available is not known. l will state,
however, that If you have any kind
of a succulent feed, such as root
crops, kale or silage, use them in
abundance. We feed on an average
about 40 pounds per day to an aver
age COW. In connection feed some
grain, such as bran and barley with
some soy bean meal or proteina.
Question: Can you give me some
suggestions as to how to build dairy
barn? | expect to build one in the
near future and would like plans il
you have them or any information
that you think J. will need b. j. K.
Tacoma.
Answer: We have no blue prints
at the present time but l will give a
few suggestions on the most important
points.
In the first place the location should
be such as to allow drainage. Many
build barns in low place where the
water drains to the barn rather than
away from it and it is impossible to
have healthy and high producing COWS
where such is the case. The best
barns are made with cement floors to
facilitate cleaning and the construc-
ton throughout is as smooth as pos
slble so as to allow no chances for
dirt to collect. You will find that
dairymen differ as regards the ad-
visibility of facing the cows in or
out. There may in some cases be a
reason for this difference, due to
local locations, but under most con-
ditions it is best to face the COWS in,
if you have two rows of COWS. Pro-
vide for plenty of light, making per-
baps a continuous row of windows on
each side, and by building the barn
so that the long dimension is north
and south it will allow the sun to
shine into the stalls on one side in
the morning and into the other side in
the afternoon. This will do much
toward making perfectly clean barn,
using our cheap and efficient steri
lizer, the sun. If you expect to build
a milk house, by all means put it on
the south side of the barn it possible.
1t will then get an abundance of light.
Question: Can you give nae
method of getting rid of wild mustard?
1t is serious pest in this part of the
country. [ have heard of mustard be-
ing planted for ornaments in gardens.
Can you tell me where there would
be a sale for wild mustard seed for
that purpose? o. G. Reardon. Wash.
Answer: The best way to get rid
of mustard is to disc the land or
cultivate it lightly, but not pillow it,
in the fall just enough to cover the
mustard seed. Then after it comes
up if you can get on to the land in
the winter cultivate it to kill all the
weeds, if not, cultivate it as early in
the spring as possible and after you
have killed the weeds pillow it and put
in your spring crop. Be careful to
never pillow mustard seed under, for
if you bury it deep it is so oily that
it will live long time. l do not
think that there is any sale for
mustard seed of the kinds that are
growing wild here. They are for the
hedge mustards but not the true
mustards.
Question: When a cows milk is
stringy is that a sign that she is in
an unhealthy condition? This ones
milk is not stringy when warm but
when it stands until the cream rises
a little it is so stringy as to be almost
unfit for use. We have been afraid
to use it and would greatly appreciate
any information you might give. @.
@. l..
Answer: The cause of stringy milk
is q anecific perm which acts upOn the