Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-03-07

C. A. N, Melrose, N. Y, writes: 81
have grade Holstein COW, five year.
old, that until now never failed 70 con-
ceive with one service. She fresheneC
on October 10, and took service on De-
cember 10, January 8 and January Is
Several times between January 3 and is
she had shown signs of being in heat
but would not take service. The inter
val between January 8 and IS being 81
short causes me to think her not nor
NAL. What is your opinion and advice!
Her grain feed is one part corn and cob
meal, four parts ground oats, four parts
wheat bran and eight parts wheat mid,
dlings. Eight quarts of the above and
two pounds of oil meal day give forty
to forty five pounds of milk day. One
feed a week she has beets in place OF
grain"
When large producing heifers get to
be about five, six or seven years old,
they have been so converted into milk
ing machines that they cannot carry on
the function of reproducing. These are
stubborn facts that should be well
known. | have striven to call the atten-
tion of breeders to the simple fact that
there is very close correlation between
the msmmsry glands, which secrete
milk, and the reproductive or genital or
gans of all females, and you can't possi-
bly, breed COW capable of producing
milk enough to rear three calves on
without weakening or facilitating the
reproductive functions to a certain ex-
tent; then " hen We feed such heifers upon
forced milk producing food is 1t any
wonder that when they become mature
cows they become mere milking ma
chimes and have not vitality enough IN
the reproducing organs to carry on the
work of producing offspring9 A large
number Of high producing cows will not
even come in heat, and II they do con-
ceiys will often abort after carrying the
iGtus few months.
do not wish to discountenance milk
testing associations. Ii is right and
proper 10 test the cows in herd and
learn which are the profitable ones and
which are bOarders in the herd. That Is
a proper and a business proceeding, but
when il is carried to excess and efforts
are being put forth to establish phenom-
email records, il is no more or less than
crazy fad, which in case it became uni
versal, would tend TO exterminate the
bovine race, as animated milking ma
chimes do not make breeding animals OF
high merit. Not domesticated animal
on earth has been made by domestication
and scientifically bred as the dairy COW.
As God created animals which nourished
the young upon milk until old enough
TO partake of solid food, when all func-
tions were normal, the mother produced
milk sufficient for their offspring, and
but little more than enough, and produc-
cd it for period just as long as the Oh
spring needed il. Then the mother
ceased producing it. and her vital powers
were directed toward developing another
offspring in her uterus, and all went
we'll. But how is it now? Take your
cow as an example; she readily conoeiv,
ed when two, three or four years old and
dropped her last calf at five years old
which would need, TO make it thrifty
and grow we'll, about fifteen pounds oil
milk day when a month old and after
ward; but the mother is producing for
ty-five pounds of milk every twenty-four
hours-euOugh for three calves. ls II
not plain to see that this is big draf
on her vitality? While the grain food
you are giving her is not bad ration
yet it is largely milk producing one
aud not a vitalizipg one. Were you to
feed her ground oats, two parts; corn
meal, one part, and wheat bran one part
mixed by weight, OF had you fed hei
from the start this grain ration II
quantities of about eight pounds in two
feeds a day, she very likely would b
producing about twenty-five to thirt!
pounds of milk daily aud have got 10
calf as heretofore. 1t is the only meth
cd can advise in order to make breed
ling COW of her again, and it may ant
NAV not be a success-C. ID. Smead, V
/ s., in Tribune Farmer.